VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-25
Federal due date
2022-04-15
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Product
Spring Cloud Configuration (Config) Server
EPSS
100.0th percentile (score 0.943, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5410

CISA short description

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

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.