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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Property Value
Language generic
Severity high
CWE CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
OWASP A01:2021 - Broken Access Control
Confidence Level Medium
Impact Level High
Likelihood Level Medium

Description

All Spring Boot Actuator endpoints are exposed publicly without authentication, making sensitive information and system controls accessible to anyone. This misconfiguration can allow unauthorized users to access endpoints like /actuator/env, /actuator/logfile, and /actuator/heapdump.

Impact

Attackers could retrieve sensitive configuration data, view logs, download memory dumps, or manipulate application internals. This can lead to data leaks, exposure of secrets, or enable further attacks, potentially compromising the entire application and underlying infrastructure.