CVE-2020-5401
Cloud Foundry GoRouter is vulnerable to cache poisoning
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 27, 2020 at 07:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRouting Release
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Cloud Foundry Routing Release, versions prior to 0.197.0, contains GoRouter, which allows malicious clients to send invalid headers, causing caching layers to reject subsequent legitimate clients trying to access the app.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.197.0
Affected range stops below 0.197.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5401CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-393CWE-444
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