CVE-2020-5410 (GCVE-0-2020-5410)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-02 16:50 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35Title
Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 12:43 UTC
CWE
- CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring by VMware | Spring Cloud Config |
Affected:
2.1 , < 2.1.9
(custom)
Affected: 2.2 , < 2.2.3 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2020-06-01 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 9d383d29-6a3b-45f9-8f4a-18d7f36e4805
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-25
Asserted: 2022-03-25
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability | Affected: VMware Tanzu / Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server | Description: Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-04-15 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-23 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server |
| Due Date | 2022-04-15 |
| Date Added | 2022-03-25 |
| Vendorproject | VMware Tanzu |
| Vulnerabilityname | VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 4b7da84d-e555-4699-99e6-b09004f10ee1
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-25
Asserted: 2022-03-25
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server | Affected: Spring by VMware / Spring Cloud Config | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server |
| Vendor | Spring by VMware |
| Product | Spring Cloud Config |
| Added Date | 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.5 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
| Updated: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
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- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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