CVE-2020-5405 is a vulnerability in VMware Spring Cloud Config
Published on March 5, 2020
Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
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.
Weakness Type
Relative Path Traversal
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-5405
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Affected Versions
Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Config:- Version 2.2 and below 2.2.2 is affected.
- Version 2.1 and below 2.1.7 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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