Use .equals to Compare Methods

Closes gh-17143

Author: jzheaux

aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authorization/method/aspectj/PreAuthorizeAspectTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ private void privateMethod() {
 		protected void protectedMethod() {
 		}
 
-		@PreAuthorize("hasRole('X')")
+		@PreAuthorize("hasRole('A')")
 		void publicCallsPrivate() {
 			privateMethod();
 		}

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/annotation/UniqueSecurityAnnotationScanner.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ private List<MergedAnnotation<A>> findDirectAnnotations(AnnotatedElement element
 
 	private static Method findMethod(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 		for (Method candidate : targetClass.getDeclaredMethods()) {
-			if (candidate == method) {
+			if (candidate.equals(method)) {
 				return candidate;
 			}
 			if (isOverride(method, candidate)) {