CVE-2020-5406 PCF Autoscaling logs its database credentials
VMware Tanzu Application Service logs database credentials, allowing attackers with log access to gain unauthorized database access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5406?
CVE-2020-5406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, published on 10 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18, 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.11, and 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.5, includes a version of PCF Autoscaling that writes database connection properties to its log, including database username and password. A malicious user with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to the database being used by Autoscaling.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Tanzu Application Service for Vms.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5406?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr33-39v9-jw2c.