Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2020 · Assigned by pivotal

CVE-2020-5412Hystrix Dashboard Proxy In spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spring Cloud Netflix from Spring by VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 10.2% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)10.2%top 4.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

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 packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix	2.2.4	GHSA-qgcg-p3v2-9h4p
Maven	org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix	2.1.6	GHSA-qgcg-p3v2-9h4p

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Spring by VMware	Spring Cloud Netflix	2.2 – before 2.2.42.1 – before 2.1.6

Weakness: CWE-441

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5412 x_refsource_CONFIRM