{"cve":"CVE-2020-5405","nvd":{"published":"2020-03-05T19:15:11.700","modified":"2026-06-17T03:21:25.987","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-23"],"references":["https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5405","https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5405"],"products":["vmware:spring_cloud_config"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:02:53.949909883+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-5405","score":0.68542,"percentile":0.99337,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-g86w-v5vg-9gxf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g86w-v5vg-9gxf","summary":"Directory traversal attack in Spring Cloud Config","modified":"2023-11-08T04:03:55.163505Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-config-server","ranges":[">=2.1.0 <2.1.7"],"fixed":["2.1.7"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-config-server","ranges":[">=2.2.0 <2.2.2"],"fixed":["2.2.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}