dev.to· Oct 23, 2026· by krishna_y

Spring Boot 4.1's SSRF Mitigation Is Opt-In: How to Actually Close the Hole

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Open the webhook sender in almost any payments service and you will find a method that reads a URL...
🎯 Vulnerability: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
💡 Defense Fix: Enforce URL whitelisting, block private IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 169.254.169.254), and mandate AWS IMDSv2 headers.
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