CVE-2020-5410

CRITICALNVD 7.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 96%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
96(Attend)
EG Risk 96/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
96%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

June 2, 2020

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5410
generic

CVE-2020-5410: Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5410

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-5410(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatspring-cloud-config-server2021-08-11redhat
redhatpatch2020-12-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server2.2.0.RELEASE, 2.2.1.RELEASE, 2.2.2.RELEASE2.2.3—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 51× in last 7d / 228× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 823 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 06:10 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-19 02:28 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 22:47 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  5. 2026-09-18 19:06 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-18 15:25 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-09-18 11:44 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-18 08:03 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-18 00:41 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-17 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-17 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-17 13:35 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-17 09:53 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-17 06:13 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-17 02:32 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-16 22:49 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-16 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-16 15:28 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-09-16 11:46 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-16 08:06 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-16 08:06 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-16 04:23 UTCVendor advisory
Show 75 more
  1. 2026-09-16 00:43 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-15 21:02 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-15 17:21 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-15 13:40 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-15 09:59 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-15 06:18 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-15 02:37 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-14 22:56 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  10. 2026-09-14 19:15 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-14 15:34 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-14 11:53 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-14 08:12 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-14 04:32 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-14 00:51 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-13 21:10 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-13 17:29 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-13 13:48 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-13 10:07 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-13 06:26 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-13 02:46 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-12 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-12 19:24 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-12 15:43 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-12 12:02 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-12 08:21 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-12 04:40 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-12 00:59 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-11 21:18 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-11 18:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  31. 2026-09-11 17:38 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-11 13:57 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-11 10:15 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-11 10:15 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-11 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-11 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-10 23:12 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-10 19:31 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-10 19:28 UTCCISA KEV update
  40. 2026-09-10 15:50 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-10 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-10 08:28 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-10 04:47 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-10 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-09 21:25 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-09 19:08 UTCCISA KEV update
  47. 2026-09-09 17:42 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-09 14:01 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-09 10:20 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-09 06:39 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-09 02:58 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-08 23:18 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-08 23:18 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-08 21:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-09-08 19:36 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-08 18:54 UTCCISA KEV update
  57. 2026-09-08 15:56 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-08 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-08 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-08 04:49 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-08 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-07 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-07 17:46 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-07 14:06 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-07 10:23 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-07 06:40 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-07 03:00 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-06 23:19 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-06 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-06 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-06 15:55 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  73. 2026-09-06 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-06 08:32 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-06 04:51 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCosamahamad/CVE-2020-5410-POC
    First seen Jun 16, 2020

    CVE-2020-5410 Spring Cloud Config directory traversal vulnerability

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitauxiliary/scanner/http/springcloud_directory_traversal✓ verified
    First seen Jun 1, 2020

    Directory Traversal in Spring Cloud Config Server

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2020/CVE-2020-5410.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2020

    Spring Cloud Config Server - Local File Inclusion

    Open source ↗

Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2020-5410?
CVE-2020-5410 is a critical vulnerability published on June 2, 2020. 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…
When was CVE-2020-5410 disclosed?
CVE-2020-5410 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 2, 2020, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-5410 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-5410 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 25, 2022, affecting VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-5410?
CVE-2020-5410 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2020-5410?
CVE-2020-5410 affects VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2020-5410?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-5410, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2020-5410

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2020-5410?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs