Protection Mechanism Failure in Spring Security - CVE-2025-41248
Published: September 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115570
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41248
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
Spring Security
Spring Security
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the annotation detection mechanism does not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-41248
Install updates from vendor's website.