CVE-2025-41248
CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 16, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
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 .
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | vmware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-289 Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Spring SecurityVMware |
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References
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