CVE-2020-5410 (GCVE-0-2020-5410)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-02 16:50
Modified
2025-07-30 01:45
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Summary
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.3, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.9, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Config Version: 2.1   < 2.1.9
Version: 2.2   < 2.2.3
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
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Date added: 2022-03-25

Due date: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410

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