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CVE-2020-5410
Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Config — Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U H N N 7.5 .9559 99.9 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Spring Cloud Config 2.1 – —
TIMELINE
Jan 3 Reserved by pivotal
Jun 2 Published (CNA: pivotal)
Mar 25 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| January 3, 2020 | Reserved | Reserved by pivotal |
| June 2, 2020 | Published | Published (CNA: pivotal) |
| March 25, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Spring by VMware | Spring Cloud Config | — | 2.1 | — |
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