spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config · Security
Directory traversal attack in Spring Cloud Config
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-g86w-v5vg-9gxf
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-5405
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, 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 a directory traversal attack.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal