[NIFI-10174] Upgrade to Spring Framework 5.3.21 and Spring Security to 5.7.2

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.17.0
• Component/s: Core Framework, Extensions, NiFi Registry
• Assignee: David Handermann
• Reporter: David Handermann
• Created: 28/Jun/22 20:18
• Updated: 29/Jun/22 15:19
• Resolved: 29/Jun/22 15:19

Description

Spring Framework 5.3.21 and Spring Security 5.7.2 incorporate several minor improvements, including Spring Security issues related to SAML integration.

Spring Boot for NiFi Registry should also be also be upgraded to 2.7.1.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6165