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CVE-2023-20859

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20859 describes a vulnerability in Spring Vault versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.2, 2.3.x prior to 2.3.3, and older versions, where sensitive information can be logged when an application attempts to revoke a Vault batch token. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with local access could potentially compromise the confidentiality of sensitive data. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_vault:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.vault:spring-vault-coreFixed in: 3.0.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.vault:spring-vault-coreFixed in: 2.3.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-r47r-87p9-8jh3medium

Spring Vault vulnerable to insertion of sensitive information into a log file

Mar 23, 2023

References

spring.io / security/cve-2023-20859
Vendor Advisory