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CVE-2019-3799

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3799 is a directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config Server versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, 2.0.x prior to 2.0.4, and 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6, also affecting Oracle and VMware implementations. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary configuration files through a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a high EPSS score (0.90556), indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100. While not on the CISA KEV list, public exploit code exists, including Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
85.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Spring Cloud Config Server Directory Traversal · Apr 17, 2019
Nuclei: CVE-2019-3799 · Jun 22, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-46772 · Apr 30, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8529 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverFixed in: 1.4.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverFixed in: 2.0.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-serverFixed in: 2.1.2
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: spring-cloud-config-server

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-4x49-w62v-76q7medium

Path Traversal in Spring Cloud Config

May 23, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-3799Moderate

spring-cloud-config-server: directory traversal attack using special crafted URL

Apr 16, 2019

References

pivotal.io / security/cve-2019-3799
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory