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CVE-2020-5410

Warning

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
VMwareSpring Cloud Config Version >= 2.1.0 < 2.1.9
VMwareSpring Cloud Config Version >= 2.2.0 < 2.2.3

25.03.2022: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

Description

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Required actions
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 94.37% 1
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd@nist.gov 5 10 2.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.