CVE-2020-5410: Directory traversal attack in Spring Cloud Config

June 5, 2020 (updated October 22, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-32xf-jwmv-9hf3
github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410
tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5410

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