CVE-2026-22754: VMware Spring Security

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses <sec:intercept-url servlet-path="/servlet-path" pattern="/endpoint/**"/> to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Security: from 7.0.0, before 7.0.5 (fixed in 7.0.5)

Published 2026-04-22. Last modified 2026-07-15.