Description
Vulnerability 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.
Published: 2026-03-24
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 12.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: Unintended file access and SSRF risk
Action: Patch Immediately
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3qwq-q9vm-5j42 Spring Cloud Config Server: Path Traversal via Profile Parameter Allows Arbitrary File Access
References
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-22
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description Vulnerability 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.
Title Spring Cloud Config Profile Substitution Can Allow Unintended Access To Files And Enable SSRF Attacks
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T14:40:53.515Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T06:54:49.675Z

Link: CVE-2026-22739

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T14:39:35.975Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-24T01:17:00.910

Modified: 2026-03-24T15:53:48.067

Link: CVE-2026-22739

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T23:45:02Z

Weaknesses