CVE-2020-5412

Spring Cloud Netflix vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

10.2%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Spring Cloud Netflix, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.4, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to use the Hystrix Dashboard proxy.stream endpoint to make requests to any server reachable by the server hosting the dashboard. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request to other servers that should not be exposed publicly.

Affected vendor

Vmware

Affected product

Spring Cloud Netflix

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

Published

2020-08-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-5412

Confirm whether Vmware Spring Cloud Netflix is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-5412.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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