diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
index 00985426d15..2161e6be793 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
@@ -186,6 +186,28 @@ public interface DataBuffer {
 	 */
 	byte getByte(int index);
 
+	/**
+	 * Process a range of bytes from the current buffer using a
+	 * {@link ByteProcessor}.
+	 * @param index the index at which the processing will start
+	 * @param length the maximum number of bytes to be processed
+	 * @param processor the processor that consumes bytes
+	 * @return the position that was reached when processing was stopped,
+	 * or {@code -1} if the entire byte range was processed.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when {@code index} is out of bounds
+	 * @since 6.2.12
+	 */
+	default int forEachByte(int index, int length, ByteProcessor processor) {
+		Assert.isTrue(length >= 0, "Length must be >= 0");
+		for (int position = index; position < index + length; position++) {
+			byte b = getByte(position);
+			if(!processor.process(b)) {
+				return position;
+			}
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Read a single byte from the current reading position from this data buffer.
 	 * @return the byte at this buffer's current reading position
@@ -531,4 +553,22 @@ public interface DataBuffer {
 		void close();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Process a range of bytes one by one.
+	 * @since 6.2.12
+	 */
+	@FunctionalInterface
+	interface ByteProcessor {
+
+		/**
+		 * Process the given {@code byte} and indicate whether processing
+		 * should continue further.
+		 * @param b a byte from the {@link DataBuffer}
+		 * @return {@code true} if processing should continue,
+		 * or {@code false} if processing should stop at this element.
+		 */
+		boolean process(byte b);
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
index 568c7be82c5..9b9d4b9f79c 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
@@ -832,13 +832,9 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 
 		@Override
 		public int match(DataBuffer dataBuffer) {
-			for (int pos = dataBuffer.readPosition(); pos < dataBuffer.writePosition(); pos++) {
-				byte b = dataBuffer.getByte(pos);
-				if (match(b)) {
-					return pos;
-				}
-			}
-			return -1;
+			int start = dataBuffer.readPosition();
+			int end = dataBuffer.writePosition();
+			return dataBuffer.forEachByte(start, end - start, b -> !this.match(b));
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -881,14 +877,13 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 
 		@Override
 		public int match(DataBuffer dataBuffer) {
-			for (int pos = dataBuffer.readPosition(); pos < dataBuffer.writePosition(); pos++) {
-				byte b = dataBuffer.getByte(pos);
-				if (match(b)) {
-					reset();
-					return pos;
-				}
+			int start = dataBuffer.readPosition();
+			int end = dataBuffer.writePosition();
+			int matchPosition = dataBuffer.forEachByte(start, end - start, b -> !this.match(b));
+			if (matchPosition != -1) {
+				reset();
 			}
-			return -1;
+			return matchPosition;
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/NettyDataBuffer.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/NettyDataBuffer.java
index a769f5e2af3..7ba28200d68 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/NettyDataBuffer.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/NettyDataBuffer.java
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ public class NettyDataBuffer implements PooledDataBuffer {
 		return this.byteBuf.getByte(index);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public int forEachByte(int index, int length, ByteProcessor processor) {
+		return this.byteBuf.forEachByte(index, length, processor::process);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public int capacity() {
 		return this.byteBuf.capacity();
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
index 6fe20c291ae..55f82ce23a0 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.core.testfixture.io.buffer.AbstractDataBufferAllocatingTests;
 
@@ -1045,4 +1047,35 @@ class DataBufferTests extends AbstractDataBufferAllocatingTests {
 		release(buffer);
 	}
 
+	@ParameterizedDataBufferAllocatingTest
+	void forEachByteProcessAll(DataBufferFactory bufferFactory) {
+		super.bufferFactory = bufferFactory;
+
+		List<Byte> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		DataBuffer buffer = byteBuffer(new byte[]{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'});
+		int index = buffer.forEachByte(0, 4, b -> {
+			result.add(b);
+			return true;
+		});
+		assertThat(index).isEqualTo(-1);
+		assertThat(result).containsExactly((byte) 'a', (byte) 'b', (byte) 'c', (byte) 'd');
+		release(buffer);
+	}
+
+
+	@ParameterizedDataBufferAllocatingTest
+	void forEachByteProcessSome(DataBufferFactory bufferFactory) {
+		super.bufferFactory = bufferFactory;
+
+		List<Byte> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		DataBuffer buffer = byteBuffer(new byte[]{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'});
+		int index = buffer.forEachByte(0, 4, b -> {
+			result.add(b);
+			return (b != 'c');
+		});
+		assertThat(index).isEqualTo(2);
+		assertThat(result).containsExactly((byte) 'a', (byte) 'b', (byte) 'c');
+		release(buffer);
+	}
+
 }