CVE-2025-22235 HIGH

CVE-2025-22235: Spring Boot EndpointRequest.to() creates wrong matcher if actuator endpoint is not exposed

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Boot
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published April 28, 2025
Last update May 16, 2025

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 28, 2025 CVE published
May 16, 2025 Record updated