CVE-2026-22732
Received
Received - Intake
HTTP Header Injection Risk in Spring Security Servlet Applications
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.
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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) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-425 | The web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files. |
