HasAnyAuthority always let me in into the api whenever it is declared to stop the request

Question

Going through Spring Security I created a method:

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(securedEnabled = true)
public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Autowired
    private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

        http
            .csrf().disable()
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/static/build/app.js", "/static/app/styles/*/**", "/static/app/js/*/**",
                        "/static/build/libs.js", "/index.html", "/static/build/*/**", "/", "/static/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/auth/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/registerClient").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/checklogin/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/getAllAdmins").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/**").hasAnyAuthority(AuthoritiesConstants.CLIENT, AuthoritiesConstants.ADMIN, AuthoritiesConstants.WORKER)
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
                .and()
            .formLogin()
                .loginPage("/")
                .loginProcessingUrl("/")
                .permitAll();

And example of the controller method:

@RequestMapping(value = "/api/vehicle")
@PreAuthorize("hasAnyAuthority('ADMIN', 'CLIENT')")
@RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public List<VehicleReservationModel> getVehiclesForClientByLogin(HttpServletRequest request) {
    Principal name = request.getUserPrincipal();
    if (name.getName() == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Brak sesji");
    }
    if (roleService.getRoleForUserByLogin(name.getName()).toLowerCase().equals("admin")) {
        return vehicleService.getAllVehicles();
    } else {
        List<VehicleReservationModel> vehicleList = vehicleService.getVehiclesForClientByLogin(name.getName());
        if (vehicleList == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Brak pojazdów dla klienta " + name.getName() + " - lista jest pusta");
        }
        return vehicleList;
    }
}

The case is whenever I remove the ADMIN from

@PreAuthorize("hasAnyAuthority('ADMIN', 'CLIENT')")

and comment:

.antMatchers("/api/**").hasAnyAuthority(AuthoritiesConstants.CLIENT, AuthoritiesConstants.ADMIN, AuthoritiesConstants.WORKER)

it always let me in into the API. I thought whenever I create some privilidges, it will always work. Why in above example my Spring Security doesnt work?

UPDATE: The answear is to enable using annotation PreAuthorize you need to add : @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true)

Answer 1

You enabled @Secured with EnableGlobalMethodSecurity#securedEnabled:

Determines if Spring Security's Secured annotations should be enabled.

but you have to enable @PreAuthorize with EnableGlobalMethodSecurity#prePostEnabled:

Determines if Spring Security's pre post annotations should be enabled. Default is false.

Your modified Spring Security configuration:

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true)
public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Autowired
    private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

        http
            .csrf().disable()
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/static/build/app.js", "/static/app/styles/*/**", "/static/app/js/*/**",
                    "/static/build/libs.js", "/index.html", "/static/build/*/**", "/", "/static/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/auth/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/registerClient").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/checklogin/**").permitAll()
                .antMatchers("/api/user/getAllAdmins").permitAll()
                // .antMatchers("/api/**").hasAnyAuthority(AuthoritiesConstants.CLIENT, AuthoritiesConstants.ADMIN, AuthoritiesConstants.WORKER)
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
                .and()
            .formLogin()
                .loginPage("/")
                .loginProcessingUrl("/")
                .permitAll();