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Spring Boot exposes a sensitive Actuator endpoint (env, heapdump, jolokia, shutdown, gateway, logfile or httpexchanges) over HTTP. These endpoints reveal secrets or allow remote control of the application.

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Spring Boot exposes a sensitive Actuator endpoint (env, heapdump, jolokia, shutdown, gateway, logfile or httpexchanges) over HTTP. These endpoints reveal secrets or allow remote control of the application.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING

How to fix it

Remove the endpoint from management.endpoints.web.exposure.include, or require an administrator role for /actuator/** with Spring Security.

References

Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/config.yml.

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