Authentication Bypass under Actuator Health groups paths
Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under a specific path, already configured for a Health Group additional path.
This issue affects Spring Boot: from 4.0 before 4.0.3, from 3.5 before 3.5.11, from 3.4 before 3.4.15.
This CVE is similar but not equivalent to CVE-2026-22733, as the conditions for exploit and vulnerable versions are different.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-288 | CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 8.2
Base severity: HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N