CVE-2025-41248 (GCVE-0-2025-41248)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 10:10 – Updated: 2025-09-18 06:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types
Summary
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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 .
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-16 19:27 UTC
CWE
- CWE-289 - Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring Security |
Affected:
6.4.x , < 6.4.11
(OSS)
Affected: 6.5.x , < 6.5.5 (OSS) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-09-15 18:27
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