Spring is 23 years old. AI just made it a security emergency.

▤ Summary

Broadcom is expanding security updates for Spring and rolling out new clean-room-built Java dependencies across the Spring ecosystem. The company is also giving Tanzu Spring customers day-zero CVE-only patches before open-source release. The article links the move to a sharp rise in security advisories as AI tools make vulnerability discovery faster and easier. It also highlights how deeply Spring and Java sit inside enterprise application stacks, making fast patching and dependency validation more important. The update creates clear pressure for enterprises to review Spring security controls, dependency management, and patching workflows.

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