Medium severity · published Mar 5, 2020
CVE-2020-5405
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through…
6.5
CVSS
68.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, 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 a directory traversal attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)68.5% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Spring Cloud Config · Vmware
2.1.0 before 2.1.7; 2.2.0 before 2.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5405
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5405
Vendor Advisory
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5405
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