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Spring Security annotation detection mechanism has authorization bypass
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 .

Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods
Spring Security Aspects may not correctly locate method security annotations on private methods. This can cause an authorization bypass.

Your application may be affected by this if the following are true:

  *  You are using @EnableMethodSecurity(mode=ASPECTJ) and spring-security-aspects, and
  *  You have Spring Security method annotations on a private method
In that case, the target method may be able to be invoked without proper authorization.

You are not affected if:

  *  You are not using @EnableMethodSecurity(mode=ASPECTJ) or spring-security-aspects, or
  *  You have no Spring Security-annotated private methods