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What is this endpoint?

actuator/gateway/routes

Spring Boot Actuator

What an attacker could do

An exposed Spring Boot Actuator gateway endpoint reveals internal routing config and, combined with other actuator endpoints, can enable SSRF, config disclosure, or remote code execution via env/refresh manipulation.

How to defend it

Restrict actuator endpoints to internal access, expose only health/info, require authentication via Spring Security, and set management.endpoints.web.exposure.include to a minimal allowlist.

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