Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-22732
StatePUBLISHED
Assignervmware
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-19 23:16:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-02 08:16:28 UTC
DescriptionWhen 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.1 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-425 | CWE-425 CWE-425 Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 5.7.0 5.7.21 custom Not specified
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 5.8.0 5.8.23 custom Not specified
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 6.3.0 6.3.14 custom Not specified
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 6.4.0 6.4.14 custom Not specified
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 6.5.0 6.5.8 custom Not specified
CNA VMware Spring Security affected 7.0.0 7.0.3 custom Not specified

References

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spring.io/security/cve-2026-22732 [email protected] spring.io
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