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CVE-2020-5425

User Impersonation possible in Tanzu SSO

7.5 High

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.73%Up 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

User Impersonation possible in Tanzu SSO

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Record
CVE-2020-5425
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26593 7.5

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Record
EUVD-2020-26593
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vmxh-mp6w-252x No score

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and...

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions.

Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if:

  1. The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider
  2. There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider
  3. Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard
  4. The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.
Record
GHSA-vmxh-mp6w-252x
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.9

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Record
CVE-2020-5425
CVSS 3.1
7.9 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2020-5425 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Vmware Tanzu Single Sign-on For Vmware Tanzu, published October 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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