CVE-2020-5421
RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Sep 19, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 3, 2020
Description
In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | pivotal |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Spring FrameworkSpring by VMware |
|
References
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5421
- [ranger-dev] 20201007 Re: Review Request 72934: RANGER-3022: Upgrade Spring framework to version 4.3.29.RELEASEmailing-list
- [ambari-issues] 20201013 [jira] [Created] (AMBARI-25571) Vulnerable Spring components in Ambari - CVE-2020-5398, CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [ambari-dev] 20201019 [GitHub] [ambari] dlysnichenko opened a new pull request #3246: AMBARI-25571. Vulnerable Spring components in Ambari - CVE-2020-5398, CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [ambari-dev] 20201019 [GitHub] [ambari] dlysnichenko merged pull request #3246: AMBARI-25571. Vulnerable Spring components in Ambari - CVE-2020-5398, CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [ambari-commits] 20201019 [ambari] branch branch-2.7 updated: AMBARI-25571. Vulnerable Spring components in Ambari - CVE-2020-5398, CVE-2020-5421 (dlysnichenko) (#3246)mailing-list
- [ambari-issues] 20201021 [jira] [Resolved] (AMBARI-25571) Vulnerable Spring components in Ambari - CVE-2020-5398, CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [hive-dev] 20201022 [jira] [Created] (HIVE-24303) Upgrade spring framework to 4.3.29.RELEASE+ due to CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [hive-issues] 20201022 [jira] [Assigned] (HIVE-24303) Upgrade spring framework to 4.3.29.RELEASE+ due to CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [hive-issues] 20201022 [jira] [Updated] (HIVE-24303) Upgrade spring framework to 4.3.29.RELEASE+ due to CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [pulsar-commits] 20201022 [GitHub] [pulsar] Ghatage opened a new pull request #8355: [Issue 8354][pulsar-io] Upgrade spring framework version to patch CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [pulsar-commits] 20201023 [GitHub] [pulsar] Ghatage commented on pull request #8355: [Issue 8354][pulsar-io] Upgrade spring framework version to patch CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [pulsar-commits] 20201026 [GitHub] [pulsar] wolfstudy commented on pull request #8355: [Issue 8354][pulsar-io] Upgrade spring framework version to patch CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [pulsar-commits] 20201028 [GitHub] [pulsar] merlimat merged pull request #8355: [Issue 8354][pulsar-io] Upgrade spring framework version to patch CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [ignite-user] 20201117 Query on CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [ignite-user] 20201119 Re: Query on CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- [hive-issues] 20210107 [jira] [Resolved] (HIVE-24303) Upgrade spring framework to 4.3.29.RELEASE+ due to CVE-2020-5421mailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0009/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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