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title: "CVE-2025-41232: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-41232/
description: "CVE-2025-41232 (org.springframework.security:spring-security-aspects (Maven)): Spring Security Aspects may not correctly locate method security annotations…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-05-21
date_modified: 2026-02-26
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-41232"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00622
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-41232: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.6% , percentile 49: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.springframework.security:spring-security-aspects (Maven) >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6, fixed in 6.4.6 ; org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6, fixed in 6.4.6 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.springframework.security:spring-security-aspects` >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6 → fixed: 6.4.6
- Maven `org.springframework.security:spring-security-core` >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6 → fixed: 6.4.6

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Spring Spring Security: 6.4.x < 6.4.6

## Severity

- vmware CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 49.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-9pp5-9c7g-4r83](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pp5-9c7g-4r83)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-41232](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41232)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-41232](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41232)
- [spring.io](http://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41232)
- [github.com](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/bf2aaa1b1830e534ba651d422545ac08a115151b)
- [github.com](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/c972de5369a1261ab674a3f5e3a80e8ce3e8cdfb)
- [github.com](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/releases/tag/6.4.6)

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