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AIKIDO-2026-10582

spring-boot is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass

Authentication BypassCVE-2026-40976 Published Apr 27, 2026

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Critical Risk

This Affects:

JAVAspring-boot
4.0.0 - 4.0.5
Fixed in 4.0.6
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TL;DR

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to improper access control because the default security filter chain may apply no authorization rule under specific dependency and configuration conditions. In affected servlet-based applications, this can allow unauthorized access to all endpoints.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if using a vulnerable version.

Background info

spring-boot is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 4.0.0 - 4.0.5.

How to fix this

Upgrade the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot library to the patch version.