Security advisory

{
  "id": "65d53c02f07a413945b630c83b2febe87e5eb0cb89f923e584e54cab8d6c7e40",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5405",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-5405",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-5405",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-5405",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-5405",
        "GHSA-g86w-v5vg-9gxf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e62e06c39a7c20af1202a6600e91fc6b50d6a181"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "aef63b9d39b169cd6cfa9d4d13029a40e9ad0f72"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "b5bd468c3339a28186b6bd0ee9dd36d2241e674a"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bbb5f19ce219e9dfef01a45f3e576f161dfb2685"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.1.6.RELEASE",
            "v2.2.1.RELEASE",
            "v2.2.0.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.5.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.4.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.3.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.2.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.1.RELEASE",
            "v2.1.0.RELEASE"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5405.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.182604586Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5405"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-5405",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439736,
  "published_at": "2020-03-05T19:15:11.7+00:00"
}