spring-projects/spring-boot · Security
Spring Boot EndpointRequest.to() creates wrong matcher if actuator endpoint is not exposed
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-rc42-6c7j-7h5r
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-22235
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS v3
- 7.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Description
EndpointRequest.to() creates a matcher for null/** if the actuator endpoint, for which the EndpointRequest has been created, is disabled or not exposed.
Your application may be affected by this if all the following conditions are met:
- You use Spring Security
- EndpointRequest.to() has been used in a Spring Security chain configuration
- The endpoint which EndpointRequest references is disabled or not exposed via web
- Your application handles requests to /null and this path needs protection
You are not affected if any of the following is true:
- You don't use Spring Security
- You don't use EndpointRequest.to()
- The endpoint which EndpointRequest.to() refers to is enabled and is exposed
- Your application does not handle requests to /null or this path does not need protection
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization