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CVE-2020-5410: VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2020-5410
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: VMware Tanzuproduct: Spring Cloud ConfigPath traversal
What
Spring Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.
Who is affected
Users of Spring Cloud Config are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation of the vulnerability.
Action
Update Spring Cloud Config to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-25
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2020-5410coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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