CVE-2020-5401

Cloud Foundry GoRouter is vulnerable to cache poisoning

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Published Feb 27, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cloud Foundry Routing Release, versions prior to 0.197.0, contains GoRouter, which allows malicious clients to send invalid headers, causing caching layers to reject subsequent legitimate clients trying to access the app.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Cloud Foundry

Routing

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.197.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:routing_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26580	Cloud Foundry Routing Release, versions prior to 0.197.0, contains GoRouter, which allows malicious clients to send invalid headers, causing caching layers to reject subsequent legitimate clients trying to access the app.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.037% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5401

History

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Subscriptions

Cloudfoundry Routing Release

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: pivotal
Published: Feb 27, 2020, 7:30 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:38 PM
Reserved: Jan 3, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:21 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 27, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:21 AM

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