You need antMatcher for multiple HttpSecurity, see Spring Security Reference:
5.7 Multiple HttpSecurity
We can configure multiple HttpSecurity instances just as we can have multiple <http> blocks. The key is to extend the WebSecurityConfigurationAdapter multiple times. For example, the following is an example of having a different configuration for URL’s that start with /api/.
@EnableWebSecurity
public class MultiHttpSecurityConfig {
@Autowired
public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) { 1
auth
.inMemoryAuthentication()
.withUser("user").password("password").roles("USER").and()
.withUser("admin").password("password").roles("USER", "ADMIN");
}
@Configuration
@Order(1) 2
public static class ApiWebSecurityConfigurationAdapter extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
http
.antMatcher("/api/**") 3
.authorizeRequests()
.anyRequest().hasRole("ADMIN")
.and()
.httpBasic();
}
}
@Configuration 4
public static class FormLoginWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
http
.authorizeRequests()
.anyRequest().authenticated()
.and()
.formLogin();
}
}
}
1 Configure Authentication as normal
2 Create an instance of WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter that contains @Order to specify which WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter should be considered first.
3 The http.antMatcher states that this HttpSecurity will only be applicable to URLs that start with /api/
4 Create another instance of WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter. If the URL does not start with /api/ this configuration will be used. This configuration is considered after ApiWebSecurityConfigurationAdapter since it has an @Order value after 1 (no @Order defaults to last).
In your case you need no antMatcher, because you have only one configuration. Your modified code:
http
.authorizeRequests()
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_A/sub_level_1").hasRole('USER')
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_A/sub_level_2").hasRole('USER2')
.somethingElse() // for /high_level_url_A/**
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_A/**").authenticated()
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_B/sub_level_1").permitAll()
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_B/sub_level_2").hasRole('USER3')
.somethingElse() // for /high_level_url_B/**
.antMatchers("/high_level_url_B/**").authenticated()
.anyRequest().permitAll()
