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CVE-2019-16097

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

core/api/user.go in Harbor 1.7.0 through 1.8.2 allows non-admin users to create admin accounts via the POST /api/users API, when Harbor is setup with DB as authentication backend and allow user to do self-registration. Fixed version: v1.7.6 v1.8.3. v.1.9.0. Workaround without applying the fix: configure Harbor to use non-DB authentication backend such as LDAP.

Affected products

• Harbor: 1.7.0, 1.7.0-rc1, 1.7.0-rc2, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3 (+10)

References

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.html
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3
• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.html
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6
• https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3
• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/

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