CVE-2020-5405
Directory traversal attack in Spring Cloud Config
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 88.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-5405
To remediate CVE-2020-5405, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.1.7 or later
Is CVE-2020-5405 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 88.0%, placing CVE-2020-5405 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |