# CVE-2020-5410

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-5410
- CVSS: 7.5
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25; CISA due date 2022-04-15
- EPSS: 95.59% (percentile 99.9)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 Metasploit module · 2 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2020-06-03)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact partial (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-23
- Published: 2020-06-02

## Affected versions

- Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Config: affected >= 2.1 and < 2.1.9; >= 2.2 and < 2.2.3

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5410

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