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CVE-2020-5405GHSA-G86W-V5VG-9GXF

Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.2.2, 2.1.7
1 proof of concept on GitHub, 1 Nuclei template

Summary

Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, 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 a directory traversal attack.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Config

    From 2.2 · fixed in 2.2.2; From 2.1 · fixed in 2.1.7

  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven

    From 2.1.0 · fixed in 2.1.7

  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven

    From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.2

References 3

pivotal.io

GitHub · projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

GitHub · shoucheng3/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-config_CVE-2020-5405_2-1-6-RELEASE