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CVE-2025-41248 json

CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types

published last yr. modified last mo. also GHSA-8v5q-rhf3-jphm , EUVD-2025-29538

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 .

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 6.4.10, 6.5.4
  • VMware Spring Security 6.4.11, 6.5.5

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-41248 updated cvss 7.5

org.springframework.security/spring-security-core: Spring Security authorization bypass

  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 spring-security-core Red Hat Fuse 7 spring-security-core Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 spring-security-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat HawtIO HawtIO 4.3.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:22765
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.10.7 for Spring Boot 3.4.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18028
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24 devspaces 3.24-1760747489
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:19094
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 spring-security-core
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 spring-security-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack spring-security-core Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24 devspaces 3.24-1759870356, devspaces 3.24-1759871071, devspaces 3.24-1759871505, devspaces 3.24-1759871621, devspaces 3.24-1759871872, devspaces 3.24-1760653610, +9 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 spring-security-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
>=6.4.0, <6.4.10
>=6.5.0, <6.5.4
6.4.10
6.5.4

Affected products

  • VMware Spring Security

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-289 Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
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References

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