CVE-2019-3799: Path Traversal

May 6, 2019 (updated March 12, 2020)

Spring Cloud Config allows 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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3799
pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-3799

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2019-3799 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Learn more about Dependency Scanning →