A flaw was found in spring-cloud-config in versions prior to 2.1.9 and 2.2.3. Applications are allowed to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module allowing an attacker to send a request using a specially crafted URL to create a directory traversal attack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, 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.