What is CVE-2020-5410?

CVE-2020-5410 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Cloud Config, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5410?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5410 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-5410 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 89 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Path Traversal in Spring By VMware Cloud Config

CVE-2020-5410

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.

Published 2020-06-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.956 (99.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.956 · newest: 0.956 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Spring By VMware Cloud Config — versions 2.1, 2.2
VMware Spring Cloud Config

Weakness classification (CWE)

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-03-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-04-15.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410 (Vendor Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5410?: CVE-2020-5410 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Cloud Config, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5410?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5410 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2020-5410 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 89 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.