CVE-2026-22753 Servlet Path Not Correctly Included in Path Matching of HttpSecurity#securityMatchers
Attackers can bypass authentication and authorization controls in Spring Security applications using specific servlet path configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-22753?
CVE-2026-22753 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Spring Security, published on 22 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application is using securityMatchers(String) and a PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder bean to prepend a servlet path, matching requests to that filter chain may fail and its related security components will not be exercised as intended by the application. This can lead to the authentication, authorization, and other security controls being rendered inactive on intended requests.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22753?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.security:spring-security-config. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.5 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.5 |
Products include Vmware Spring Security.
How do I fix CVE-2026-22753?
Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-config to 7.0.5 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-22753 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22753 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-QI62351, GHSA-4wrg-8wpc-h923, MINI-54vr-rjwv-3j29, MINI-rrgh-qch9-6rcg, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22753.