Critical
Security advisory
Apache Shiro before 1.8.0, when using Apache Shiro with Spring Boot, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass. Users should update to Apache Shiro 1.8.0.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41303
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache Shiro before 1.8.0, when using Apache Shiro with Spring Boot, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass. Users should update to Apache Shiro 1.8.0.
osv:CVE-2021-41303
Complete source record
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"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220609-0001/",
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