VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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• cpe vmware/spring cloud configversion unspecified
• vendor VMware Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Serverversion unspecified
• vendor VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-5410

• Recommended remediation

  Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Apr 15, 2022.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Jun 2, 2020 · Catalog

   Detected

   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.

2. Mar 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply updates per vendor instructions.

3. Apr 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply updates per vendor instructions.

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-5410

  Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-5410

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-5410

  30-day exploitation probability 95.6%

  first.org
• Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_scanner/http/springcloud_directory_traversal

  Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

  rapid7.com
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-5410

  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 spe

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-5410

  Spring, by VMware Tanzu, Cloud Config contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows applications to serve arbitrary configuration files.

  vulncheck.com

References

• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.checkpoint.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.checkpoint.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.checkpoint.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.checkpoint.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.checkpoint.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• Vendor Advisory · tanzu.vmware.com
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.