Is Spring Boot secure in 2026?

Spring Boot has a security score of 55/100 with 250 total CVEs on record, including 25 critical severity and 3 actively exploited (CISA KEV). Overall score: 65/100. Verdict: acceptable. Data from NVD/NIST, July 2026.

How many CVEs does Spring Boot have?

Spring Boot has 250 total CVEs in the NVD database as of July 2026. Of these, 25 are critical severity (CVSS 9.0+), 3 are confirmed actively exploited per CISA KEV, and 30 were disclosed in the past year. Average CVSS: 6.0.

What is Spring Boot's WebPulse score?

Spring Boot scores 65/100 on the WebPulse framework health index. This composite score covers 7 dimensions: security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness (80/100), developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Spring Boot scores 66/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

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Spring Boot scores 66/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Dimension breakdown

Security

Performance

Ecosystem

Ai Readiness

Developer Experience

Market Trajectory

Cost Of Ownership

Security

250 total CVEs on record. 25 critical severity. 3 actively exploited (CISA KEV).

Total Cves 250

Critical Cves 25

Exploited Cves 3

Avg Cvss 6.0

Cves Last Year 30

Performance

Average performance. Room for optimization.

Ecosystem

76,000 GitHub stars. 1,000 contributors. 15 releases in the last year.

Stars 76,000

Contributors 1000

Releases Last Year 15

Avg Issue Close Days 8

Ai Readiness

Good AI-readiness. Supports structured data output and API patterns. Suitable for the AI-first web with some configuration.

Structured Output 80

Api First 1.0

Headless Capable 1.0

Developer Experience

Strong developer experience. Good docs, modern tooling, active community.

Market Trajectory

Score 65

Market Share Pct 2.0

Cost Of Ownership

Moderate cost. Requires traditional server infrastructure.

Actively exploited vulnerabilities

Updated 2026-10-11

5 entries

5 confirmed vulnerabilities being actively exploited in real attacks right now. Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.

Latest entry: 2022-08-25

            Spring Boot scores 66/100 overall. Strongest dimension: ai readiness (80). Weakest: security (55).
        

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