Path Traversal in Spring Cloud
CVE-2026-22739
Vulnerability in Spring Cloud when substituting the profile parameter from a request made to the Spring Cloud Config Server configured to the native file system as a backend, because it was possible to access files outside of the configured search directories.This issue affects Spring Cloud: from 3.1.X before 3.1.13, from 4.1.X before 4.1.9, from 4.2.X before 4.2.3, from 4.3.X before 4.3.2, from 5.0.X before 5.0.2.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (67.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Spring Cloud — versions 3.1.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x
- VMware Spring Cloud Config
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- spring.io/security/cve-2026-22739 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-22739?
- CVE-2026-22739 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Cloud, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-03-24.
- How severe is CVE-2026-22739?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.