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CVE-2020-5428: Possibility of SQL Injection in Spring Cloud Task Execution Sorting Query
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-89
Description
In applications using Spring Cloud Task 2.2.4.RELEASE and below, may be vulnerable to SQL injection when exercising certain lookup queries in the TaskExplorer.
Affected products
- Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Task: through 2.2.4
- Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Task: from 2.2 before 2.2.5 — fixed in 2.2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring by VMware Spring Cloud Task 2.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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