CVE-2026-22748 Potential Security Misconfiguration when Using withIssuerLocation
Developers using Spring Security JWT decoding may inadvertently omit token validation, leading to potential security bypasses if not explicitly configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-22748?
CVE-2026-22748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Security, published on 22 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. When an application configures JWT decoding with NimbusJwtDecoder or NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder, it must configure an OAuth2TokenValidator<Jwt> separately, for example by calling setJwtValidator.This issue affects Spring Security: from 6.3.0 through 6.3.14, from 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.9, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22748?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.3.0 to 6.3.14 | None |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.3.0 to 6.3.14 | None |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.4.0 to 6.4.14 | None |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.4.0 to 6.4.14 | None |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.5.0 | 6.5.10 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 6.5.0 | 6.5.10 |
2 more packages
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.5 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.5 |
Products include Vmware Spring Security.
How do I fix CVE-2026-22748?
Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose to a fixed version for your release line: 6.5.10 or 7.0.5.
Is CVE-2026-22748 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22748 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Spring Security
- CVE-2014-3527 Authorization Bypass in Spring Security
- CVE-2026-59354 Spring Security OAuth2 Authorization Server: Insufficient validation of Dynamic Client Registration metadata
- CVE-2026-59270 Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces
- CVE-2026-22732 Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written
- CVE-2023-34034 Access Control Bypass in Spring Security
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-FR51189, CLEANSTART-2026-KA19928, CLEANSTART-2026-OF60690, CLEANSTART-2026-VT93127, CLSA-2026-1786563390, ECHO-d5bb-3a59-47f3 and 5 more.