The spring-security framework is used by GeoServer for integrating with a number of systems.

• Central Authentication Service (CAS)
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Use of spring-framework 6 and above requires the use of spring-security 6.

Andreas Watermeyer - andreas.watermeyer@its-digital.de

Starting with 5.8

• Upgrade to 5.8 - started
• Upgrade 5.8 to 6

https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11271 Upgrade spring-security to 5.8