Review reviewHigh

CVE-2026-22747

Spring Spring Security, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services, Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4

Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor does not correctly handle certain malformed X.509 certificate CN values, which can lead to reading the wrong value for the username. In a carefully crafted certificate, this can lead to an attacker impersonating another user. This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.

CVSS: 8.1
EPSS: 0.30%
CISA KEV: Not listed
Published: 2026.04.22

PRIORITY ASSESSMENT

Review review

The CVSS severity warrants an early asset and exposure review.

Known exploitationNot established by KEV

Exploit probability0.30%

Technical severityCVSS 8.1

Vulnerability overview

Affected product and versions

Product: Spring Spring Security, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services, Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
Affected versions: >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.4, >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.5
Fixed versions: 7.0.5

Recommended response sequence

Confirm exposure before applying a vendor-supported change.

Full remediation guide

1
Identify
Confirm that Spring Spring Security, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services, Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 and an affected version are present.
2
Prioritize
Combine exploitation signals with asset exposure and business criticality.
3
Remediate
Follow the vendor advisory or supported update path and preserve rollback options.
4
Verify
Recheck the version, service health, access paths, and relevant logs.

Technical data

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE: CWE-295, CWE-297