{"id":"CVE-2020-5410","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5410","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T16:14:32.597Z","title":"VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability","description":"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.","published":"2020-06-02T17:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:21:27.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@pivotal.io","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-23","CWE-22"],"affected":["vmware/spring cloud config"],"epss":{"score":0.95586,"percentile":0.9987,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-25","dueDate":"2022-04-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@pivotal.io"},{"url":"https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5410","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}