Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 95.6%; technical severity is CVSS 7.5.
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.
Who should care
- Teams operating Spring Cloud Config, Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Spring Cloud Config, Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- VMware Security advisory CVE-2020-5410
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
Vendor sources are listed before government and third-party guidance. Confirm product applicability and change prerequisites before deployment.
Verification noteAutomated link verification has not completed for this guidance yet.
Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-23
- Affected versions
- Vmware Spring Cloud Config (Start Including 2.1.0, End Excluding 2.1.9 | Start Including 2.2.0, End Excluding 2.2.3); VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server
- Fixed versions
- Vmware Spring Cloud Config (Fixed from 2.1.9, 2.2.3)
- Published
- 2 June 2020
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 95.6%
- Signal calculated at 82