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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Spring Security</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">6.5.1
/ June&nbsp;16, 2025<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2025-06-16</span>)</span> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">Cross-platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Web_application_framework" class="mw-redirect" title="Web application framework">web application framework</a> security</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Apache_License" title="Apache License">Apache License</a> 2.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://projects.spring.io/spring-security/">projects<wbr>.spring<wbr>.io<wbr>/spring-security<wbr>/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Spring Security</b> is a <a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>/<a href="Java_EE" class="mw-redirect" title="Java EE">Java EE</a> framework that provides <a href="Authentication" title="Authentication">authentication</a>, <a href="Authorization" title="Authorization">authorization</a> and other security features for enterprise applications. The project was started in late 2003 as 'Acegi Security' (pronounced <i>Ah-see-gee</i> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</span></span>, whose letters are the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth characters from the <a href="English_alphabet" title="English alphabet">English alphabet</a>, in order to prevent name conflicts<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) by Ben Alex, with it being publicly released under the <a href="Apache_License" title="Apache License">Apache License</a> in March 2004. Subsequently, Acegi was incorporated into the <a href="Spring_Framework" title="Spring Framework">Spring</a> portfolio as Spring Security, an official Spring sub-project. The first public release under the new name was Spring Security 2.0.0 in April 2008, with commercial support and training available from <a href="SpringSource" class="mw-redirect" title="SpringSource">SpringSource</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authentication_flow">Authentication flow</h2></div>
<p>Diagram 1 shows the basic flow of an authentication request using the Spring Security system. It shows the different filters and how they interact from the initial browser request, to either a successful authentication or an <a href="HTTP_403" title="HTTP 403">HTTP 403</a> error.
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<td colspan="2"><b>Browser submits</b> "<i>authentication credentials</i>"
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<td colspan="2">"<i>Authentication mechanism</i>" <b>collects the details</b>
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<td><b>An</b> "<i>authentication request</i>" <b>object is built</b>
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<td><i>Authentication request</i> <b>sent to an AuthenticationManager</b>
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<td><i>AuthenticationManager</i> (this is responsible for passing requests through a chain of <i>AuthenticationProviders</i>)
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<td>"<i>Authentication provider</i>" will ask a <code>UserDetailsService</code> to provide a <code>UserDetails</code> object
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<td>The resultant <code>UserDetails</code> object (which also contains the <i><code>GrantedAuthority[]s</code></i>) will be used to build the fully populated <code>Authentication</code> object.
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<td colspan="2">If "<i>Authentication mechanism</i>" <b>receives</b> back the fully populated <code>Authentication</code> object, it will deem the request valid, put the <code>Authentication</code> into the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code>; and cause the original request to be retried.<br>If, on the other hand, the <code>AuthenticationProvider</code> rejected the request, the authentication mechanism will ask the user agent to retry.
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<td colspan="2"><i><code>AbstractSecurityInterceptor</code></i> authorizes the regenerated request and throws Java exceptions. (Asks <code>AccessDecisionManager</code> for decision.)
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<td colspan="2"><i><code>ExceptionTranslationFilter</code></i> translates the exceptions thrown by <i><code>AbstractSecurityInterceptor</code></i> into HTTP related error codes
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<td>Error code 403 – if the principal has been authenticated and therefore simply lacks sufficient access<br>Launch an <code>AuthenticationEntryPoint</code> – if the principal has not been authenticated which is an authentication mechanism
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_authentication_features">Key authentication features</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol" title="Lightweight Directory Access Protocol">LDAP</a> (using both bind-based and password comparison strategies) for centralization of authentication information.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 358–362, §7-3">: 358–362, §7-3 </span></sup></li>
<li><a href="Single_sign-on" title="Single sign-on">Single sign-on</a> capabilities using the popular <a href="Central_Authentication_Service" title="Central Authentication Service">Central Authentication Service</a>.</li>
<li><a href="Java_Authentication_and_Authorization_Service" title="Java Authentication and Authorization Service">Java Authentication and Authorization Service</a> (JAAS) LoginModule, a standards-based method for authentication used within Java. Note this feature is only a delegation to a JAAS Loginmodule.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="Basic_access_authentication" title="Basic access authentication">Basic access authentication</a> as defined through RFC 1945.</li>
<li><a href="Digest_access_authentication" title="Digest access authentication">Digest access authentication</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 356–358, §7-3">: 356–358, §7-3 </span></sup> as defined through RFC 2617 and RFC 2069.</li>
<li><a href="X.509" title="X.509">X.509</a> <a href="Client_certificate" title="Client certificate">client certificate</a> presentation over the <a href="Secure_Sockets_Layer" class="mw-redirect" title="Secure Sockets Layer">Secure Sockets Layer</a> standard.</li>
<li><a href="CA%2C_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="CA, Inc">CA, Inc</a> SiteMinder for authentication (a popular commercial access management product).</li>
<li><a href="Su_(Unix)" title="Su (Unix)">Su (Unix)</a>-like support for switching principal identity over a <a href="HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> or <a href="HTTPS" title="HTTPS">HTTPS</a> connection.</li>
<li>Run-as replacement, which enables an operation to assume a different security identity.</li>
<li>Anonymous authentication, which means that even unauthenticated principals are allocated a security identity.</li>
<li>Container adapter (custom realm) support for <a href="Apache_Tomcat" title="Apache Tomcat">Apache Tomcat</a>, <a href="Resin_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Resin Server">Resin</a>, <a href="JBoss" class="mw-redirect" title="JBoss">JBoss</a> and <a href="Jetty_(web_server)" title="Jetty (web server)">Jetty (web server)</a>.</li>
<li>Windows <a href="NTLM" title="NTLM">NTLM</a> to enable browser integration (experimental).</li>
<li>Web form authentication, similar to the <a href="Servlet_container" class="mw-redirect" title="Servlet container">servlet container</a> specification.</li>
<li>"Remember-me" support via <a href="HTTP_cookie" title="HTTP cookie">HTTP cookies</a>.</li>
<li>Concurrent session support, which limits the number of simultaneous logins permitted by a principal.</li>
<li>Full support for customization and plugging in custom authentication implementations.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_authorization_features">Key authorization features</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="AspectJ" title="AspectJ">AspectJ</a> method invocation authorization.</li>
<li><a href="HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> authorization of web request <a href="Uniform_Resource_Locator" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniform Resource Locator">URLs</a> using a choice of <a href="Apache_Ant" title="Apache Ant">Apache Ant</a> paths or <a href="Regular_expressions" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular expressions">regular expressions</a>.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instance-based_security_features">Instance-based security features</h2></div>
<ul><li>Used for specifying <a href="Access_control_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Access control list">access control lists</a> applicable to <a href="Domain_object" class="mw-redirect" title="Domain object">domain objects</a>.</li>
<li>Spring Security offers a repository for storing, retrieving, and modifying ACLs in a <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeinumRubioLongMak2014-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 376–381, §7-7">: 376–381, §7-7 </span></sup></li>
<li><a href="Authorization" title="Authorization">Authorization</a> features are provided to enforce policies before and after method invocations.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_features">Other features</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Software_localization" class="mw-redirect" title="Software localization">Software localization</a> so <a href="User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a> messages can be in any language.</li>
<li>Channel security, to automatically switch between <a href="HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> and <a href="HTTPS" title="HTTPS">HTTPS</a> upon meeting particular rules.</li>
<li><a href="Cache_(computing)" title="Cache (computing)">Caching</a> in all database-touching areas of the framework.</li>
<li>Publishing of messages to facilitate <a href="Event-driven_programming" title="Event-driven programming">event-driven programming</a>.</li>
<li>Support for performing <a href="Integration_testing" title="Integration testing">integration testing</a> via <a href="JUnit" title="JUnit">JUnit</a>.</li>
<li>Spring Security itself has comprehensive <a href="JUnit" title="JUnit">JUnit</a> isolation tests.</li>
<li>Several sample applications, detailed <a href="Javadoc" title="Javadoc">JavaDocs</a> and a reference guide.</li>
<li>Web framework independence.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Releases">Releases</h2></div>
<ul><li>2.0.0 (April 2008)</li>
<li>3.0.0 (December 2009)</li>
<li>3.1.0 (December 7, 2011)</li>
<li>3.1.2 (August 10, 2012)</li>
<li>3.2.0 (December 16, 2013)</li>
<li>4.0.0 (March 26, 2015)</li>
<li>4.1.3 (August 24, 2016)</li>
<li>4.2.0 (November 10, 2016)</li>
<li>3.2.10, 4.1.4, 4.2.1 (December 22, 2016)</li>
<li>4.2.2 (March 2, 2017)</li>
<li>4.2.3 (June 8, 2017)</li>
<li>5.0.0 (November 28, 2017)</li>
<li>5.0.8, 4.2.8 (September 11, 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.0 GA (September 27, 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.1, 5.0.9, 4.2.9 (October 16, 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.2, 5.0.10, 4.2.10 (November 29, 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.3, 5.0.11, 4.2.11 (January 11, 2019)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.4 (February 14, 2019)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>5.1.5, 5.0.12, 4.2.12 (April 3, 2019)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFDeinumRubioLongMak2014" class="citation book cs1">Deinum, Marten; Rubio, Daniel; Long, Josh; Mak, Gary (September 1, 2014). <i>Spring Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach</i> (Second&nbsp;ed.). <a href="Apress" class="mw-redirect" title="Apress">Apress</a>. p.&nbsp;1104. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-1-4302-2499-0</bdi>.</cite></li>
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<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.spring.io/spring-security/">Official website</a></span></span></li></ul>
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