CVE-2019-3799
Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2019-3799- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2019-3799- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0450No score
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0450- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4x49-w62v-76q7
Path Traversal in Spring Cloud Config
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
GHSA-4x49-w62v-76q7- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2019-3799- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4x49-w62v-76q7
Path Traversal in Spring Cloud Config
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
- Record
GHSA-4x49-w62v-76q7- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | before 1.4.6 | 1.4.6 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | 2.0.0 up to 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | 2.1.0 up to 2.1.2 | 2.1.2 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | before 1.4.6, plus listed versions 1.0.0.RELEASE1.0.1.RELEASE1.0.2.RELEASE1.0.3.RELEASE1.0.4.RELEASE Show 20 moreShow less1.1.0.RELEASE1.1.1.RELEASE1.1.2.RELEASE1.1.3.RELEASE1.2.0.M11.2.0.RELEASE1.2.1.RELEASE1.2.2.RELEASE1.2.3.RELEASE1.3.0.RELEASE1.3.1.RELEASE1.3.2.RELEASE1.3.3.RELEASE1.3.4.RELEASE1.4.0.RELEASE1.4.1.RELEASE1.4.2.RELEASE1.4.3.RELEASE1.4.4.RELEASE1.4.5.RELEASE | 1.4.6 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | 2.0.0 up to 2.0.4, plus listed versions 2.0.0.RELEASE2.0.1.RELEASE2.0.2.RELEASE2.0.3.RELEASE | 2.0.4 |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverMaven | 2.1.0 up to 2.1.2, plus listed versions 2.1.0.RELEASE2.1.1.RELEASE | 2.1.2 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | mpgn/CVE-2019-3799 | 2019-04-17 |
| Exploit-DB | Spring Cloud Config 2.1.x - Path Traversal (Metasploit) | 2019-04-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | Corgizz/SpringCloud | 2022-04-07 |
| Metasploit | Spring Cloud Config Server Directory Traversal | 2019-04-17 |
| Nuclei | Spring Cloud Config Server - Local File Inclusion |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploits, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-3799 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Spring Cloud Config, published May 6, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.3%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server 1.4.6.