diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/DelegatingAuthenticationConverter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/DelegatingAuthenticationConverter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.web.authentication;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link AuthenticationConverter}, that iterates over multiple
+ * {@link AuthenticationConverter}. The first non-null {@link Authentication} will be used
+ * as a result.
+ *
+ * @author Max Batischev
+ * @since 6.3
+ */
+public final class DelegatingAuthenticationConverter implements AuthenticationConverter {
+
+	private final List<AuthenticationConverter> delegates;
+
+	public DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(List<AuthenticationConverter> delegates) {
+		Assert.notEmpty(delegates, "delegates cannot be null");
+		this.delegates = new ArrayList<>(delegates);
+	}
+
+	public DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(AuthenticationConverter... delegates) {
+		Assert.notEmpty(delegates, "delegates cannot be null");
+		this.delegates = List.of(delegates);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Authentication convert(HttpServletRequest request) {
+		for (AuthenticationConverter delegate : this.delegates) {
+			Authentication authentication = delegate.convert(request);
+			if (authentication != null) {
+				return authentication;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/DelegatingAuthenticationConverterTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/DelegatingAuthenticationConverterTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.web.authentication;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationDetailsSource;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.test.web.CodecTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationConverter;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link DelegatingAuthenticationConverter}.
+ *
+ * @author Max Batischev
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class DelegatingAuthenticationConverterTests {
+
+	private static final String X_AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER = "X-Auth-Token";
+
+	private static final String TEST_X_AUTH_TOKEN = "test-x-auth-token";
+
+	private static final String TEST_CUSTOM_PRINCIPAL = "test_custom_principal";
+
+	private static final String TEST_CUSTOM_CREDENTIALS = "test_custom_credentials";
+
+	private static final String TEST_BASIC_CREDENTIALS = "username:password";
+
+	private static final String INVALID_BASIC_CREDENTIALS = "invalid_credentials";
+
+	private DelegatingAuthenticationConverter converter;
+
+	@Mock
+	private AuthenticationDetailsSource<HttpServletRequest, ?> authenticationDetailsSource;
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestWhenBasicAuthorizationHeaderIsPresentThenAuthenticates() {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, "Basic " + CodecTestUtils.encodeBase64(TEST_BASIC_CREDENTIALS));
+		this.converter = new DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(
+				new BasicAuthenticationConverter(this.authenticationDetailsSource),
+				new TestNullableAuthenticationConverter());
+
+		Authentication authentication = this.converter.convert(request);
+
+		assertThat(authentication).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(authentication.getName()).isEqualTo("username");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestWhenXAuthHeaderIsPresentThenAuthenticates() {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addHeader(X_AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER, TEST_X_AUTH_TOKEN);
+		this.converter = new DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(new TestAuthenticationConverter(),
+				new TestNullableAuthenticationConverter());
+
+		Authentication authentication = this.converter.convert(request);
+
+		assertThat(authentication).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(authentication.getName()).isEqualTo(TEST_CUSTOM_PRINCIPAL);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestWhenXAuthHeaderIsPresentThenDoesntAuthenticate() {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addHeader(X_AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER, TEST_X_AUTH_TOKEN);
+		this.converter = new DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(new TestNullableAuthenticationConverter());
+
+		Authentication authentication = this.converter.convert(request);
+
+		assertThat(authentication).isNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestWhenInvalidBasicAuthorizationTokenThenError() {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, "Basic " + CodecTestUtils.encodeBase64(INVALID_BASIC_CREDENTIALS));
+		this.converter = new DelegatingAuthenticationConverter(
+				new BasicAuthenticationConverter(this.authenticationDetailsSource),
+				new TestNullableAuthenticationConverter());
+
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BadCredentialsException.class).isThrownBy(() -> this.converter.convert(request));
+	}
+
+	private static class TestAuthenticationConverter implements AuthenticationConverter {
+
+		@Override
+		public Authentication convert(HttpServletRequest request) {
+			String header = request.getHeader(X_AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER);
+			if (header != null) {
+				return new TestingAuthenticationToken(TEST_CUSTOM_PRINCIPAL, TEST_CUSTOM_CREDENTIALS);
+			}
+			else {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static class TestNullableAuthenticationConverter implements AuthenticationConverter {
+
+		@Override
+		public Authentication convert(HttpServletRequest request) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}