CVE-2026-22732
Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- Sep 11, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 40.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
When applications specify HTTP response headers for servlet applications using Spring Security, there is the possibility that the HTTP Headers will not be written. This issue affects Spring Security Servlet applications using lazy (default) writing of HTTP Headers: : from 5.7.0 through 5.7.21, from 5.8.0 through 5.8.23, from 6.3.0 through 6.3.14, from 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.8, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.3.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept demonstrating CVE-2026-22732, a Spring Security flaw where setIntHeader("Content-Length") drops all security headers, with vulnerable and patched builds.
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