Vulnerability · CVE-2026-22754
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security.
Published Apr 22, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 15, 2026 · spring security
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-22754. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of spring security is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.27%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe vmware/spring security
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Are you affected?
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- cpe vmware/spring securityversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-22754
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-22754. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of spring security is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-284: Improper Access Control; CWE-551. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 22, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Jul 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-22754
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-22754
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-22754
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exer
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.