In Cloud Foundry cf-release versions prior to v264; UAA release all versions of UAA v2.x.x, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.13, 3.9.x versions
In Cloud Foundry cf-release versions prior to v264; UAA release all versions of UAA v2.x.x, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.13, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.15, 3.20.x versions prior to v3.20.0, and other versions prior to v4.4.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.17, 24.x versions prior to v24.12. 30.x versions prior to 30.5, and other versions prior to v41, zone administrators are allowed to escalate their privileges when mapping permissions for an external provider.
- Published
- Jul 10, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 57th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-269
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Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| pivotal software | cloud foundry uaa | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_uaa |
| pivotal software | cloud foundry cf | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_cf |
| cloudfoundry | cloud foundry uaa bosh | cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa boshup to 40 inclusive
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.1
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.10
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.11
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.12
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.13
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.14
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.15
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.16
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.2
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.3
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.4
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.5
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.6
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.7
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.8
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh13.9
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh24
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh24.1
- cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh24.10
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Cloud Foundry
- Cloud Foundryaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | from 3.10.0 · before 3.20.0 | 3.20.0 |
| Maven | org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | from 3.7.0 · before 3.9.15 | 3.9.15 |
| Maven | org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | from 4.0.0 · before 4.4.0 | 4.4.0 |
| Maven | org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | before 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 |
Same product
pivotal software: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-15761UAA Privilege Escalation36Monitor
- CVE-2018-1192In Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v285; cf-deployment versions prior to v1.7; UAA 4.5.x versions prior to 4.5.5, 4.8.35Monitor
- CVE-2018-11047Cloud Foundry UAA, versions 4.19 prior to 4.19.2 and 4.12 prior to 4.12.4 and 4.10 prior to 4.10.2 and 4.7 prior to 4.7.6 and 4.5 prior to 430Monitor
- CVE-2018-1262Cloud Foundry Foundation UAA, versions 4.12.X and 4.13.X, introduced a feature which could allow privilege escalation across identity zones 28Monitor
- CVE-2018-11041Cloud Foundry UAA, versions later than 4.6.0 and prior to 4.19.0 except 4.10.1 and 4.7.5 and uaa-release versions later than v48 and prior t24Monitor
- CVE-2019-3794UAA - Login app subject to clickjacking attack21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | 3.20.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | 3.6.13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | 3.9.15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | 4.4.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege ManagementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-269 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
kind: ClusterRolerules: - apiGroups: ["*"] resources: ["*"] verbs: ["*"]Fixed
kind: Rolemetadata: namespace: lodos-systemrules: - apiGroups: ["apps"] resources: ["deployments"] verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.