springboot-security

To secure a Spring Boot API with JWT and RBAC, configure stateless token authentication, wire the SecurityContext via request filters, and apply method-level security with least-privilege role or scope checks on protected endpoints.

Preventing SQL injection in Spring Boot services requires using parameterized database access queries. Combine this with controller and service-level input validation using @Valid for defensive handling of incoming request data.

Configuring CSRF protection for stateless Spring Security APIs involves deciding the correct CSRF posture, typically disabling CSRF tokens for pure token-based APIs while maintaining robust authentication filtering and secure request handling.

Spring Security supports externalizing secrets and PII-safe logging through secure-by-configuration guidance, ensuring sensitive data stays out of application logs and secrets load from external environments.

Add security headers and rate limiting to a Spring Boot application through hardening and operations configurations, hardening API responses against common vulnerabilities and controlling request throughput to prevent abuse.

Dependency CVE scanning is required before releasing a Spring Boot service to identify known vulnerabilities in third-party libraries, serving as a critical pre-release checklist item to reduce web application breach risk.