Medium severityJavaInsecure ConfigurationMEDIUM confidence
Spring Boot DevTools Dependency
A Spring Boot DevTools dependency is present (CWE-489).
Standards mapping
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
- OWASP ASVS
- V14.3.2 (L1)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'Passes - the safe pattern
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'Why it matters & how to fix it
A Spring Boot DevTools dependency is present (CWE-489). DevTools enables automatic restart, a permissive class loader, and (with a known secret) a remote debug/update endpoint that must never reach production. Mark it optional/developmentOnly and ensure it is excluded from production builds.
References
Rule ID integsec-java-spring-boot-devtools-dependency - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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