# Handling security vulnerabilities in Spring Boot

DevFeed: [Handling security vulnerabilities in Spring Boot](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/handling-security-vulnerabilities-in-spring-boot-8093.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/security-vulnerabilities-spring-boot/>)

Author: Brian Vermeer

Published: 2023-11-29T06:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Spring Boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spring-boot.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Dependency management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-management.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [snyk-open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk-open-source.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains how to identify and remediate open source security vulnerabilities in Spring Boot applications. It emphasizes dependency management, uses Snyk Open Source as a software composition analysis tool, and discusses updating vulnerable transitive dependencies, including updating the Spring Boot Webflux starter from 2.7.16 to 2.7.17. The supplied text ends while discussing Maven and Gradle configuration.

## Source excerpt

In this blog, we'll demonstrate the best way to find and remediate open source vulnerabilities in Spring Boot.