CVE-2019-3798 json
Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller
published 2019-04-17 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13426
- cvss
- 6.0
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Cloud Foundry CAPI-release 1.79.0
Exploit prediction
1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Cloud Foundry CAPI-release
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
-
cloudfoundry.org
/blog/cve-2019-3798
vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/108095
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-3798
- NVD CVE-2019-3798
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