CVE-2020-5428
Possibility of SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Task Execution Sorting Query
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Possibility of SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Task Execution Sorting Query
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
CVE-2020-5428- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0910
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0910- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-878w-7gxp-mc63
SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Task
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
GHSA-878w-7gxp-mc63- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
CVE-2020-5428- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
CVE-2020-5428- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-878w-7gxp-mc63
SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Task
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
- Record
GHSA-878w-7gxp-mc63- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-task-dependenciesMaven |
before 2.2.5 | 2.2.5 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-task-dependenciesMaven |
before 2.2.5, plus listed versions 1.0.0.RELEASE1.0.1.RELEASE1.0.2.RELEASE1.0.3.RELEASE1.1.0.RELEASE Show 22 moreShow less1.1.1.RELEASE1.1.2.RELEASE1.2.0.RELEASE1.2.1.RELEASE1.2.2.RELEASE1.2.3.RELEASE1.2.4.RELEASE1.3.0.RELEASE1.3.1.RELEASE2.0.0.RELEASE2.0.1.RELEASE2.0.2.RELEASE2.1.0.RELEASE2.1.1.RELEASE2.1.2.RELEASE2.1.3.RELEASE2.1.4.RELEASE2.2.0.RELEASE2.2.1.RELEASE2.2.2.RELEASE2.2.3.RELEASE2.2.4.RELEASE |
2.2.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5428 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Spring By Vmware Cloud Task, published January 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. Fixed in org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-task-dependencies 2.2.5.