Spring Security SAML Provider 6.2.3 Upgrade

MicroStrategy ONE (June 2024) includes a major upgrade of Spring frameworks to 6.x to Jakarta EE 10 platform. The spring-security-saml2-service-provider framework was upgraded to v6.2.3 which includes several deprecated class methods that were replaced. General upgrade notes can be found in Assessing and Updating MicroStrategy Customizations for Tomcat 10.1.x and Spring 6 Compatibility. See also the MicroStrategy 2024 roadmap.

How this update effects users:

If your MicroStrategy environment is configured to use SAML without any customization, the upgrade to MicroStrategy ONE (June 2024) is seamless and requires no additional steps.
The update does not impact SAML on ASP.
If your MicroStrategy environment uses SAML and includes additional customizations, additional steps may be needed after the upgrade. The steps often require you to replace classes with new and more secure classes.

To upgrade existing or integrate new SAML customization in the latest version, see the following SAML customization topics: