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CVE-2015-5171

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-613

Description

The password change functionality in Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to expire existing sessions.

Affected products

• Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller cf-release versions prior to v255: before 216 — fixed in 216
• PCF Elastic Runtime: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0
• Cloud Foundry UAA: before 2.5.2 — fixed in 2.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller cf-release versions prior to v255 216; PCF Elastic Runtime 1.7.0; Cloud Foundry UAA 2.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-5170-5173
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-5170-5173

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