SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-config (GHSA-4wrg-8wpc-h923)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441016

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application is using securityMatchers(String) and a
PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder bean to prepend a servlet path, matching requests to that filter chain
may fail and its related security components will not be exercised as intended by the application. This
can lead to the authentication, authorization, and other security controls being rendered inactive on
intended requests.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4. (CVE-2026-22753)

Solution

Update the org.springframework.security:spring-security-config library and its related packages to version 7.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4wrg-8wpc-h923

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441016

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/30/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22753

cwe: CWE-693