title: Error creating bean with name 'springSecurityFilterChain' defined in class path resource 3
body: <p>As I'm new to Spring and Spring Security and following some YouTube tutorial I coded exactly same and getting above error.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Error</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'springSecurityFilterChain' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.servlet.Filter]: Factory method 'springSecurityFilterChain' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot pass a null GrantedAuthority collection
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:625) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:456) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1287) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1126) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:538) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:498) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:320) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:318) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:307) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:848) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:865) ~[spring-context-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:548) ~[spring-context-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:140) ~[spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:797) [spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:421) [spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:340) [spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1291) [spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1279) [spring-boot-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT]
  at com.spring.security.SpringsecurityApplication.main(SpringsecurityApplication.java:12) [classes/:na]
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.servlet.Filter]: Factory method 'springSecurityFilterChain' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot pass a null GrantedAuthority collection
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:620) ~[spring-beans-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  ... 21 common frames omitted
  Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot pass a null GrantedAuthority collection
  at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:198) ~[spring-core-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User.sortAuthorities(User.java:163) ~[spring-security-core-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User.&lt;init&gt;(User.java:123) ~[spring-security-core-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User$UserBuilder.build(User.java:535) ~[spring-security-core-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.UserDetailsManagerConfigurer$UserDetailsBuilder.build(UserDetailsManagerConfigurer.java:279) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.UserDetailsManagerConfigurer.initUserDetailsService(UserDetailsManagerConfigurer.java:60) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.userdetails.UserDetailsServiceConfigurer.configure(UserDetailsServiceConfigurer.java:47) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.userdetails.UserDetailsServiceConfigurer.configure(UserDetailsServiceConfigurer.java:34) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.configure(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:384) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.doBuild(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:330) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.getHttp(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:201) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.init(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:321) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.init(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:92) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at com.spring.security.config.SecurityConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$1d8d4c86.init(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[classes/:na]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.init(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:371) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.doBuild(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:325) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractSecurityBuilder.build(AbstractSecurityBuilder.java:41) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration.springSecurityFilterChain(WebSecurityConfiguration.java:104) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$efe529b0.CGLIB$springSecurityFilterChain$1(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$efe529b0$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$8d960911.invoke(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[spring-security-config-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:244) ~[spring-core-5.1.0.RELEASE.jar:5.1.0.RELEASE]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Security Config File</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>@EnableWebSecurity
  @Configuration
  public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
  
  @Override
  protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
      auth.inMemoryAuthentication()
      .withUser("abhi").password("test").and()
      .withUser("kumar").password("test2");
  }
  @Override
  protected void configure(HttpSecurity httpSecurity) throws Exception {
      httpSecurity.authorizeRequests()
      .anyRequest()
      .fullyAuthenticated()
      .and().httpBasic();
      httpSecurity.csrf().disable();
  
  }}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I referred to similar questions also but none solve my error. This is my first program using Spring Security.</p>