Answer in brief
CVE-2020-5398 records a High severity (CVSS 8.0) vulnerability in RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Spring/Spring Framework (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Spring/Spring Framework (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Spring/Spring Frameworkgeneric | >=5.0 <v5.0.16.RELEASE || >=5.1 <v5.1.13.RELEASE || >=5.2 <v5.2.3.RELEASE | v5.0.16.RELEASE, v5.1.13.RELEASE, v5.2.3.RELEASE |
Published upstream
Jan 16, 2020
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 8, 2026
In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.3, versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.13, and versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16, an application is vulnerable to a reflected file download (RFD) attack when it sets a "Content-Disposition" header in the response where the filename attribute is derived from user supplied input.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.