CVE-2020-5410
Directory traversal attack in Spring Cloud Config
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 94.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-5410
To remediate CVE-2020-5410, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.1.9 or later
Is CVE-2020-5410 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2020-5410 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H |