CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security annotation detection mechanism has authorization bypass
The Spring Security annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue when using @PreAuthorize and other method security annotations, resulting in an authorization bypass.
Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security’s @EnableMethodSecurity feature.
You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces.
This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41249 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41249 .
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-8v5q-rhf3-jphm
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/d0f93fa6d8338149943ae640c53db07de827867f
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/e5694ac7b5e4394b920c6cab48b7bfbd871f84bd
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/17898
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/17899
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/releases/tag/6.4.10
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/releases/tag/6.5.4
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41248
- spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248
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