EB-6: Update Security configuration for Spring Security 6.4 compatibility

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Overview

This PR addresses EB-6: Review and update Security configuration for Spring Security 6.4 by removing deprecated API usage in SecurityConfig.java to ensure compatibility with Spring Security 6.4.11.

Changes Made

Removed Deprecated Authentication Configuration

• Deleted: The deprecated configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) method (lines 55-59)
• Added: Explicit UserDetailsService bean registration following Spring Security 6.x best practices

Updated Imports

• Removed: org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder (no longer needed)
• Added: org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService (required for the new bean)

Technical Details

Before (Deprecated Pattern):

@Autowired
public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    auth.userDetailsService(accountService).passwordEncoder(passwordEncoder());
}

After (Spring Security 6.x Pattern):

@Bean
public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
    return accountService;
}

Verification

✅ Code compiles successfully with mvn clean compile -DskipTests
✅ No compilation warnings or errors
✅ All Spring Security APIs used are non-deprecated in Spring Security 6.4.x
✅ Existing authentication behavior preserved (users authenticate through AccountService.loadUserByUsername() with BCrypt)

Scope

This PR is focused on compatibility only, not security improvements. The following items are intentionally out of scope for this ticket:

• Incomplete UserDetails implementation in Account.java
• Disabled CSRF protection
• Missing session management configuration

Related Work

• Part of Epic EB-1: Spring Boot 3.4.9 upgrade
• Prepares codebase for Spring Security 6.4.11 compatibility

Link to Devin run

https://app.devin.ai/sessions/74f196092a3f43329a856f3abeb6cd27

Requested by

Alex Peng (alex.peng@windsurf.com) - @alexjpeng

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