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SCA: security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator (GHSA-mgvc-8q2h-5pgc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439102

Description

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

 - Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when
 an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under the path used by the CloudFoundry
 Actuator endpoints. This issue affects Spring Security: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, from 3.5.0 through
 3.5.11, from 3.4.0 through 3.4.14, from 3.3.0 through 3.3.17, from 2.7.0 through 2.7.31. (CVE-2026-22733)

Solution

Update the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator library and its related packages to version 3.5.12 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgvc-8q2h-5pgc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439102

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/21/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22733

cwe: CWE-288