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 .
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.springframework.security:spring-security-core(Maven) | 6.4.0 | 6.4.10 | N/A |
| org.springframework.security:spring-security-core(Maven) | 6.5.0 | 6.5.4 | N/A |
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