CVE-2020-5410
Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
- Published
- Jun 2, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- pivotal
- Evidence observed
- Mar 25, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/springcloud_directory_traversal.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_not_declared($.auxiliary_scanner/http/springcloud_directory_traversal.check)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-5410.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: regex,status($.matchers[*].type)
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