CVE-2026-22732 (GCVE-0-2026-22732)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 22:47 – Updated: 2026-04-02 07:20
VLAI
Title
Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written
Summary
When applications specify HTTP response headers for servlet applications using Spring Security, there is the possibility that the HTTP Headers will not be written.  This issue affects Spring Security Servlet applications using lazy (default) writing of HTTP Headers: : from 5.7.0 through 5.7.21, from 5.8.0 through 5.8.23, from 6.3.0 through 6.3.14, from 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.8, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.3.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-425 - Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Spring Security Affected: 5.7.0 , ≤ 5.7.21 (custom)
Affected: 5.8.0 , ≤ 5.8.23 (custom)
Affected: 6.3.0 , ≤ 6.3.14 (custom)
Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.14 (custom)
Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.8 (custom)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.3 (custom)
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