CVE-2020-5410

Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 2, 2020 at 04:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSpring Cloud ConfigSpring Cloud Config

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 96%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score95.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 95.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Mar 25, 2022
Remediation Due
Apr 15, 2022
1655 days overdue

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.92.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.3
Affected range stops below 2.1.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2.1 ≤ v < 2.1.92.2 ≤ v < 2.2.32.12.2
Affected range stops below 2.1.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5410

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-23CWE-22

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