springboot-httpexchanges: Detects Springboot HTTP Exchanges Actuator

2026-05-09 springboot http exchanges actuator PoC Public

Description

The exposed httpexchanges endpoint can leak recent HTTP request/response data, including URIs, headers, and status codes.

PoC

id: springboot-httpexchanges

info:
  name: Detects Springboot HTTP Exchanges Actuator
  author: parkyoungdu
  severity: low
  description: |
    The exposed httpexchanges endpoint can leak recent HTTP request/response data, including URIs, headers, and status codes.
  reference:
    - https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.0.0/actuator-api/htmlsingle/\#httpexchanges
    - https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-3.0-Migration-Guide
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: springboot,exposure,misconfig,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/httpexchanges"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/actuator/httpexchanges"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"exchanges"'
          - '"request"'
          - '"response"'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"
          - "application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator"
          - "application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v3+json"
        condition: or

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022068a3c3569e8a656cd97632bf5c94dc8ce4c22e875300786852d219349df4a212022077e748764c8bbdd418205fca8efa92c5d982645965e5ce3f6f2153ec38ce6f00:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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