High (7.5) in VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server. In CISA KEV since 2022-03-25. EPSS 96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server 2.1.9, 2.2.3.
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.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)