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TI-2020-04470 Aliases CVE-2020-5425GHSA-vmxh-mp6w-252x

User Impersonation possible in Tanzu SSO

Priority LOW 36CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00727 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Single Sign-On for VMware Tanzu (VMware Tanzu): 1.11.3, 1.12.4, 1.13.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareSingle Sign-On for VMware Tanzu1.11 to before 1.11.3; 1.12 to before 1.12.4; 1.13 to before 1.13.11.11.3, 1.12.4, 1.13.1Patch availableCNA
  • Single Sign-On for VMware Tanzu VendorVMware Affected 1.11 to before 1.11.3; 1.12 to before 1.12.4; 1.13 to before 1.13.1 Fixed in 1.11.3, 1.12.4, 1.13.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_tanzu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.11.3; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.4; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_tanzu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.11.3; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.4; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Single Sign-On for VMware Tanzu (VMware Tanzu) Fixed in 1.11.3, 1.12.4, 1.13.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5425
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vmxh-mp6w-252x

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