Analyze causes of StackOverflowError using AuthenticationManager bean

[marcusdacoregio]

There are a lot of reports about a StackOverflowError when exposing the AuthenticationManager as a bean and using it inside a custom authentication mechanism.

This ticket should be used to centralize the reports and provide any feedback during the analysis.

See:

• Security raise StackOverflowError using authenticationManagerBuilder when user have wrong credentials #11609
• StackOverflowException when adapter's AuthenticationManager gets published as a bean #10419
• Deprecate WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter #10822 (comment)
• java.lang.StackOverflowError: null when an invalid token is sent to an oauth2ResourceServer #8369
• Fix Infinite recursion WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java #11071
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73892406/already-existing-securityfilterchain-is-preventing-my-configuration-on-spring-se/73895991#73895991
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74633891/spring-boot-microservices-spring-security-servicetest-and-controllertest-for
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74694980/authenticationmanager-authenticate-throws-java-lang-stackoverflowerror-null-w

[marcusdacoregio]

This answer on Stackoverflow might help to design a fix for that.

[marcusdacoregio]

I'll close this in favor of #11926, if needed we can reopen.