Spring Cloud Config Profile Substitution Can Allow Unintended Access To Files And Enable SSRF Attacks

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-22739
StatePUBLISHED
Assignervmware
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-24 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-09-04 20:04:45 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in Spring Cloud when substituting the profile parameter from a request made to the Spring Cloud Config Server configured to the native file system as a backend, because it was possible to access files outside of the configured search directories.This issue affects Spring Cloud: from 3.1.X before 3.1.13, from 4.1.X before 4.1.9, from 4.2.X before 4.2.3, from 4.3.X before 4.3.2, from 5.0.X before 5.0.2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.6 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-22 CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
3.1CNACVSS8.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Spring Cloud Config All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Spring Spring Cloud affected 3.1.x 3.1.13 custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Cloud affected 4.1.x 4.1.9 custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Cloud affected 4.2.x 4.2.3 custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Cloud affected 4.3.x 4.3.2 custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Cloud affected 5.0.x 5.0.2 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
spring.io/security/cve-2026-22739 [email protected] spring.io Vendor Advisory
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