Joe Grandja
Joe Grandja is a core committer on the Spring Security team. He has been leading the efforts in building the next generation of OAuth2 and OpenID Connect support in Spring Security and Spring Authorization Server.
With over 25 years of industry experience, Joe has been a Solution Architect, a Software Engineer, a Team Lead, and a Consultant. His past experience has been mainly focused in the Financial Services sector in the Toronto, Canada, area. He has designed, built, and delivered enterprise grade banking applications and platforms in the Personal and Commercial and Brokerage and Investing divisions. He has worked closely with the InfoSec teams within banks to ensure security and regulatory compliance.
Recent Blog posts by Joe Grandja
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the releases of Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-RC1, 1.4.3 and 1.3.6. See the 1.5.0-RC1, 1.4.3 and 1.3.6 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Security 5.7.17, 5.8.19, 6.0.17, 6.1.15, 6.2.11, 6.3.9, 6.4.5 Released, includes fix for CVE-2025-22234
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Security 5.7.17, 5.8.19, 6.0.17, 6.1.15, 6.2.11, 6.3.9, and 6.4.5 are available now which fix CVE-2025-22234. Please refer to the releases page for more details. Commercial customers using Spring Boot 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 will be able to update to Spring Boot 2.7.24.2, 3.0.19.2, 3.1.15.2, or 3.2.13.2 respectively to receive the corresponding Security releases 5.7.17, 6.0.17, 6.1.15, and 6.2.11. These Security versions are available now on the Spring commercial artifact repository and can be accessed…
Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-M2 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-M2. See the 1.5.0-M2 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-M1, 1.4.2 and 1.3.5 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the releases of Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-M1, 1.4.2 and 1.3.5. See the 1.5.0-M1, 1.4.2 and 1.3.5 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.4 goes GA
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Spring Authorization Server 1.4. The 1.4 release contains a few noteworthy new features: Simplified configuring authorization server using HttpSecurity.with() (gh-1725) Support for OpenID Connect 1.0 prompt=none parameter (gh-501) Ability to customize validation of OpenID Connect 1.0 RP-Initiated Logout Requests (gh-1723) Ability to customize success handling of OpenID Connect 1.0 RP-Initiated Logout Requests (gh-1244) Added How-to guide demonstrating how to implement the core services with…
Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-RC1, 1.3.3 and 1.2.7 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the releases of Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-RC1, 1.3.3 and 1.2.7. See the 1.4.0-RC1, 1.3.3 and 1.2.7 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-M2 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-M2. See the 1.4.0-M2 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-M1, 1.3.2 and 1.2.6 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the releases of Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0-M1, 1.3.2 and 1.2.6. See the 1.4.0-M1, 1.3.2 and 1.2.6 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.3.1 and 1.2.5 available now
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the releases of Spring Authorization Server 1.3.1 and 1.2.5. See the 1.3.1 and 1.2.5 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become familiar with setup and configuration. Project Page | GitHub Issues | Project Board
Spring Authorization Server 1.3 goes GA
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Spring Authorization Server 1.3. The 1.3 release contains a few noteworthy new features: RFC 8705 OAuth 2.0 Mutual-TLS Client Authentication and Certificate-Bound Access Tokens (gh-101) RFC 8693 OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange (gh-1525) Multitenancy support (gh-1342) -- see the guide How-to: Implement Multitenancy See the 1.3 release notes for complete details. To get started using Spring Authorization Server, see the Getting Started chapter of the reference documentation and the samples to become…