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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2017-4973 json

Cloud Foundry UAA Privilege Escalation

published 2017-06-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pgjc-gc7g-p2c6 , EUVD-2022-4759

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v257; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.14, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.8, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.10, and other versions prior to v3.15.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.12, 24.x versions prior to v24.7, and other versions prior to v30. A vulnerability has been identified with the groups endpoint in UAA allowing users to elevate their privileges.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server 2.7.4.14, 3.6.8, 3.9.10, 3.15.0

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
>=2.0.0, <2.7.4.14
>=3.0.0, <3.6.8
>=3.7.0, <3.9.10
>=3.10.0, <3.15.0
2.7.4.14
3.6.8
3.9.10
3.15.0

Affected products

  • n/a Cloud Foundry UAA

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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