CVE-2020-5425

User Impersonation possible in Tanzu SSO

HIGH
7.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2020 at 09:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSingle Sign on for TanzuSingle Sign on for Tanzu

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Severity
HIGH7.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Affected

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

v < 1.11.31.12.0 ≤ v < 1.12.41.13.0 ≤ v < 1.13.1
Affected range stops below 1.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
1.11 ≤ v < 1.11.31.12 ≤ v < 1.12.41.13 ≤ v < 1.13.11.111.121.13
Affected range stops below 1.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.13.1, 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 (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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