# CVE-2020-5427: Possibility of SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Data Flow Task Execution Sorting Query

- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.5, 2.5.4
- Published: 2021-01-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Data Flow: from 2.6, fixed in 2.6.5; from 2.5, fixed in 2.5.4

## Description

In Spring Cloud Data Flow, versions 2.6.x prior to 2.6.5, versions 2.5.x prior 2.5.4, an application is vulnerable to SQL injection when requesting task execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.5, 2.5.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5427

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