diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewall.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewall.java
index c26b27daf6c..8375846aeb7 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewall.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewall.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
  * Rejects URLs that contain a backslash. See {@link #setAllowBackSlash(boolean)}
  * </li>
  * <li>
+ * Rejects URLs that contain a null character. See {@link #setAllowNull(boolean)}
+ * </li>
+ * <li>
  * Rejects URLs that contain a URL encoded percent. See
  * {@link #setAllowUrlEncodedPercent(boolean)}
  * </li>
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ public class StrictHttpFirewall implements HttpFirewall {
 
 	private static final List<String> FORBIDDEN_BACKSLASH = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList("\\", "%5c", "%5C"));
 
+	private static final List<String> FORBIDDEN_NULL = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList("\0", "%00"));
+
 	private Set<String> encodedUrlBlocklist = new HashSet<>();
 
 	private Set<String> decodedUrlBlocklist = new HashSet<>();
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ public StrictHttpFirewall() {
 		urlBlocklistsAddAll(FORBIDDEN_FORWARDSLASH);
 		urlBlocklistsAddAll(FORBIDDEN_DOUBLE_FORWARDSLASH);
 		urlBlocklistsAddAll(FORBIDDEN_BACKSLASH);
+		urlBlocklistsAddAll(FORBIDDEN_NULL);
 
 		this.encodedUrlBlocklist.add(ENCODED_PERCENT);
 		this.encodedUrlBlocklist.addAll(FORBIDDEN_ENCODED_PERIOD);
@@ -281,6 +287,25 @@ public void setAllowBackSlash(boolean allowBackSlash) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <p>
+	 * Determines if a null "\0" or a URL encoded nul "%00" should be allowed in
+	 * the path or not. The default is not to allow this behavior because it is a frequent
+	 * source of security exploits.
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param allowNull a null "\0" or a URL encoded null "%00" be allowed
+	 * in the path or not. Default is false
+	 * @since 5.4
+	 */
+	public void setAllowNull(boolean allowNull) {
+		if (allowNull) {
+			urlBlocklistsRemoveAll(FORBIDDEN_NULL);
+		} else {
+			urlBlocklistsAddAll(FORBIDDEN_NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * <p>
 	 * Determines if a percent "%" that is URL encoded "%25" should be allowed in the path
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewallTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewallTests.java
index 3de4acc59ea..89971b8355b 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewallTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/firewall/StrictHttpFirewallTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -377,6 +377,18 @@ public void getFirewalledRequestWhenExceedsUpperboundAsciiThenException() {
 		this.firewall.getFirewalledRequest(this.request);
 	}
 
+	@Test(expected = RequestRejectedException.class)
+	public void getFirewalledRequestWhenContainsNullThenException() {
+		this.request.setRequestURI("/\0");
+		this.firewall.getFirewalledRequest(this.request);
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = RequestRejectedException.class)
+	public void getFirewalledRequestWhenContainsEncodedNullThenException() {
+		this.request.setRequestURI("/something%00/");
+		this.firewall.getFirewalledRequest(this.request);
+	}
+
 	// --- from DefaultHttpFirewallTests ---
 
 	/**