Is CVE-2020-5406 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5406 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5406?

CVE-2020-5406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5406?

CVE-2020-5406 has an EPSS score of 1.00% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5406?

Upgrade tanzu application service for vms to 2.8.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5406

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18, 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.11, and 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.5, includes a version of PCF Autoscaling that writes database connection properties to its log, including database username and password. A malicious user with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to the database being used by Autoscaling.

CWE-522

How to fix

Remediation Available

tanzu application service for vmsNVD

Affected:>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.5Fixed in:2.8.5CVE-2020-5406derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

tanzu.vmware.com

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CVE-2024-44000	Critical	9.8	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-9160	Critical	9.8	77%	-	-
CVE-2017-9248	Critical	9.8	75%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.