Spring Boot Actuator - Using misconfigurations to your advantage: paths, bypasses, techniques

Discover how to find and exploit misconfigured Spring Boot Actuator endpoints in real-world penetration tests and bug bounty programs. This in-depth guide covers advanced discovery techniques, header-based bypasses, path traversal tricks, sensitive endpoints like mappings, metrics, httptrace, and heapdump, plus concrete remediation steps for securing Spring Boot applications.