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CVE-2020-5410

HighCVSS 7.5 / 10
Published Jun 2, 2020·Last modified Apr 10, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

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.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
7.5

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
95.59%

The exploit probability is critical. The vulnerability is very likely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
3 exploits

3 exploits found for this vulnerability.

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