What is CVE-2020-5410?

CVE-2020-5410 is a vulnerability in Spring By Vmware Cloud Config, classified under Relative Path Traversal. Published 2020-06-02.

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…

EPSS: 0.943 (100.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Spring By Vmware Cloud Config — versions 2.1, 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5410?: CVE-2020-5410 is a vulnerability in Spring By Vmware Cloud Config, classified under Relative Path Traversal. Published 2020-06-02.
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.