Is CVE-2020-5410 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2020-5410 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-03-25.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5410?

CVE-2020-5410 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5410?

CVE-2020-5410 has an EPSS score of 95.59% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5410?

Upgrade spring cloud config to 2.2.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5410

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-23 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

spring cloud configNVD

Affected:>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3Fixed in:2.2.3CVE-2020-5410derived from NVD

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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 RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

95.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-04-15

References

Vendor Advisory1

tanzu.vmware.com

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

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