CVE-2026-22732
Received
Received - Intake
HTTP Header Injection Risk in Spring Security Servlet Applications
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-22732, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-03-19
Last updated on: 2026-04-16
Assigner: VMware
Description
Description
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.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| vmware | spring_security | to 5.7.22 (exc) |
| vmware | spring_security | From 5.8.0 (inc) to 5.8.24 (exc) |
| vmware | spring_security | From 6.3.0 (inc) to 6.3.15 (exc) |
| vmware | spring_security | From 6.4.0 (inc) to 6.4.15 (exc) |
| vmware | spring_security | From 6.5.0 (inc) to 6.5.9 (exc) |
| vmware | spring_security | From 7.0.0 (inc) to 7.0.4 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-425 | The web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files. |
