Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2020 · Assigned by pivotal
CVE-2020-5406PCF Autoscaling logs its database credentials
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs from Pivotal. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18, 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.11, and 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.5, includes a version of PCF Autoscaling that writes database connection properties to its log, including database username and password. A malicious user with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to the database being used by Autoscaling.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pivotal | VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs | 2.8.x – before 2.8.52.7.x – before 2.7.112.6.x – before 2.6.18 |
Weakness: CWE-522
References
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5406 x_refsource_CONFIRM