Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-5421 · published 19 September 2020

CVE-2020-5421: Vmware spring framework vulnerability

Vmware · Spring Framework

In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3%

6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.6

11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

38Affected product versions listed by NVD

48References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected products

38 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

NOncommand Insight Netapp NSnap Creator Framework Netapp NSnapcenter Netapp

Commerce Guided Search Oracle

Communications Brm Oracle

Communications Design Studio Oracle

Communications Session Report Manager Oracle

Communications Unified Inventory Management Oracle

Endeca Information Discovery Integrator Oracle

Enterprise Data Quality Oracle

Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure Oracle

Flexcube Private Banking Oracle

Fusion Middleware Oracle

Goldengate Application Adapters Oracle

Healthcare Master Person Index Oracle

Hyperion Infrastructure Technology Oracle

Insurance Policy Administration Oracle

Insurance Rules Palette Oracle

Mysql Enterprise Monitor Oracle

Primavera Gateway Oracle

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Oracle

Retail Assortment Planning Oracle

Retail Bulk Data Integration Oracle

Retail Customer Engagement Oracle

Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation Oracle

Retail Financial Integration Oracle

Retail Integration Bus Oracle

Retail Invoice Matching Oracle

Retail Merchandising System Oracle

Retail Order Broker Oracle

Retail Predictive Application Server Oracle

Retail Returns Management Oracle

Retail Service Backbone Oracle

Retail Xstore Point Of Service Oracle

Storagetek Acsls Oracle

Storagetek Tape Analytics Sw Tool Oracle

Weblogic Server Oracle

Spring Framework Vmware

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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0009/	Third Party Advisory
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5421	Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1eccdbd7986618a7319ee7a533bd9d9bf6e8678e59dd4cca9b5b2d7a%40%3Cissues.ambari.apache
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-5421), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.