Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-5414

Title: VMware Tanzu App Autoscaler Password Logging

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-5414.

CWE Category CWE-532
Published Date Jul 31, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.7 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-5414: VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.19, 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.13, and 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7) contains an App Autoscaler that logs the UAA admin password. This credential is redacted on VMware Tanzu Operations Manager; however, the unredacted logs are available to authenticated users of the BOSH Director. This credential would grant administrative privileges to a malicious user. The same versions of App Autoscaler also log the App Autoscaler Broker password. Prior to newer versions of Operations Manager, this credential was not redacted from logs. This credential allows a malicious user to create, delete, and modify App Autoscaler services instances. Operations Manager started redacting this credential from logs as of its versions 2.7.15, 2.8.6, and 2.9.1. Note that these logs are typically only visible to foundation administrators and operators.

Impacted Vendors

V
vmturbo 1
V
vmware 2

Reference Links

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5414 https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5414
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-5414 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.