CVE-2025-22235
Spring Boot EndpointRequest.to() creates wrong matcher if actuator endpoint is not exposed
Description
EndpointRequest.to() creates a matcher for null/** if the actuator endpoint, for which the EndpointRequest has been created, is disabled or not exposed.
Your application may be affected by this if all the following conditions are met:
- You use Spring Security
- EndpointRequest.to() has been used in a Spring Security chain configuration
- The endpoint which EndpointRequest references is disabled or not exposed via web
- Your application handles requests to /null and this path needs protection
You are not affected if any of the following is true:
- You don't use Spring Security
- You don't use EndpointRequest.to()
- The endpoint which EndpointRequest.to() refers to is enabled and is exposed
- Your application does not handle requests to /null or this path does not need protection