VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3798

CVSS score6 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.34%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-04-17

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references

security_alert@emc.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security_alert@emc.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory