Spring Security

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Spring Security
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Written inJava
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Operating systemCross-platform
Typeweb application framework security
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websiteprojects.spring.io/spring-security/
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Spring Security is a Java/Java EE framework that provides authentication, authorization and other security features for enterprise applications. The project was started in late 2003 as 'Acegi Security' (pronounced Ah-see-gee /ɑːsiːdʒiː/, whose letters are the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth characters from the English alphabet, in order to prevent name conflicts[2]) by Ben Alex, with it being publicly released under the Apache License in March 2004. Subsequently, Acegi was incorporated into the Spring 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 SpringSource.

Authentication flow

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 HTTP 403 error.

Browser submits "authentication credentials"
"Authentication mechanism" collects the details
An "authentication request" object is built
Authentication request sent to an AuthenticationManager
AuthenticationManager (this is responsible for passing requests through a chain of AuthenticationProviders)
"Authentication provider" will ask a UserDetailsService to provide a UserDetails object
The resultant UserDetails object (which also contains the GrantedAuthority[]s) will be used to build the fully populated Authentication object.
If "Authentication mechanism" receives back the fully populated Authentication object, it will deem the request valid, put the Authentication into the SecurityContextHolder; and cause the original request to be retried.
If, on the other hand, the AuthenticationProvider rejected the request, the authentication mechanism will ask the user agent to retry.
AbstractSecurityInterceptor authorizes the regenerated request and throws Java exceptions. (Asks AccessDecisionManager for decision.)
ExceptionTranslationFilter translates the exceptions thrown by AbstractSecurityInterceptor into HTTP related error codes
Error code 403 – if the principal has been authenticated and therefore simply lacks sufficient access
Launch an AuthenticationEntryPoint – if the principal has not been authenticated which is an authentication mechanism

Key authentication features

Key authorization features

Instance-based security features

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  • Authorization features are provided to enforce policies before and after method invocations.

Other features

Releases

  • 2.0.0 (April 2008)
  • 3.0.0 (December 2009)
  • 3.1.0 (December 7, 2011)
  • 3.1.2 (August 10, 2012)
  • 3.2.0 (December 16, 2013)
  • 4.0.0 (March 26, 2015)
  • 4.1.3 (August 24, 2016)
  • 4.2.0 (November 10, 2016)
  • 3.2.10, 4.1.4, 4.2.1 (December 22, 2016)
  • 4.2.2 (March 2, 2017)
  • 4.2.3 (June 8, 2017)
  • 5.0.0 (November 28, 2017)
  • 5.0.8, 4.2.8 (September 11, 2018)[4]
  • 5.1.0 GA (September 27, 2018)[5]
  • 5.1.1, 5.0.9, 4.2.9 (October 16, 2018)[6]
  • 5.1.2, 5.0.10, 4.2.10 (November 29, 2018)[7]
  • 5.1.3, 5.0.11, 4.2.11 (January 11, 2019)[8]
  • 5.1.4 (February 14, 2019)[9]
  • 5.1.5, 5.0.12, 4.2.12 (April 3, 2019)[10]

Citations

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 6.5.1". GitHub. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Why the name Acegi?". spring.io.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Master OAuth: How To Build a Secure Authorization Server". December 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.0.8 and 4.2.8 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1 goes GA". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1.1, 5.0.9, and 4.2.9 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1.2, 5.0.10, 4.2.10 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1.3, 5.0.11, 4.2.11 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1.4 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spring Security 5.1.5, 5.0.12, 4.2.12 Released". spring.io. Retrieved 2019-06-09.

References

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