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CVE-2026-22739: spring spring cloud Path Traversal

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighUndergoing analysis
AliasesGHSA-3qwq-q9vm-5j42
Published 24-03-2026Last modified 24-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22739 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Path Traversal vulnerability in spring spring cloud. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.22% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.springframework.cloud1 product
  • spring-cloud-config-server≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.2 | ≥ 5.0.0-M1, < 5.0.2 | ≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.4 | ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.1.7 | ≤ 3.1.10
Spring1 product
  • spring cloud≥ 3.1.x, < 3.1.13 | ≥ 4.1.x, < 4.1.9 | ≥ 4.2.x, < 4.2.3 | ≥ 4.3.x, < 4.3.2 | ≥ 5.0.x, < 5.0.2
Vmware1 product
  • spring_cloud_config< 3.1.13 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.9 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 | ≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.2 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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