What is CVE-2020-5412?

CVE-2020-5412 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Cloud Netflix, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-5412?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5412 known to be exploited?

17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Spring By VMware Cloud Netflix

CVE-2020-5412

Spring Cloud Netflix, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.4, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to use the Hystrix Dashboard proxy.stream endpoint to make requests to any server reachable by the server hosting the dashboard. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request to other servers that should not be exposed publicly.

EPSS: 0.102 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Spring By Vmware Cloud Netflix — versions 2.2, 2.1
Vmware Spring_cloud_netflix

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@pivotal.io (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5412?: CVE-2020-5412 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Cloud Netflix, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-5412?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5412 known to be exploited?: 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.