Resource exhaustion in Cloud Foundry Capi
CVE-2020-5423
CAPI (Cloud Controller) versions prior to 1.101.0 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack in which an unauthenticated malicious attacker can send specially-crafted YAML files to certain endpoints, causing the YAML parser to consume ex…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.011 (62.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Cloud Foundry Capi — versions All
- Cloud Foundry Cf Deployment — versions All
- Cloudfoundry Capi-release
- Cloudfoundry Cf-deployment
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@pivotal.io (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-5423?
- CVE-2020-5423 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Capi, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-02.
- How severe is CVE-2020-5423?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.