Is CVE-2020-5423 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-5423 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-5423?

CVE-2020-5423 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2020-5423?

Patch guidance is available from cloudfoundry security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-5423.

Fix CVE-2020-5423 - HIGH cloudfoundry capi-release

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2020-5423?

2 products: cloudfoundry capi-release, cloudfoundry cf-deployment.

Description

CAPI (Cloud Controller) versions prior to 1.101.0 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack in which an unauthenticated malicious attacker can send specially-crafted YAML files to certain endpoints, causing the YAML parser to consume excessive CPU and RAM.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-400 CWE-400

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLOUDFOUNDRY
Published: 12/2/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2020-5423

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