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CVE-2019-3798: Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller API Release, versions prior to 1.79.0, contains improper authentication when validating user permissions. A remote authenticated malicious user with the ability to create UAA clients and knowledge of the email of a victim in the foundation may escalate their privileges to that of the victim by creating a client with a name equal to the guid of their victim.

Affected products

• Cloud Foundry CAPI: before 1.79.0 — fixed in 1.79.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cloud Foundry CAPI 1.79.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108095
• https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-3798
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108095
• https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-3798

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