Cloud Controller provides signed URL with write authorization to read only user
Priority LOW 38CWE-285Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285 and CWE-269.
Summary
Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller, versions prior to 1.78.0, contain an endpoint with improper authorization. A remote authenticated malicious user with read permissions can request package information and receive a signed bit-service url that grants the user write permissions to the bit-service.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0127 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CAPI (Cloud Foundry): 1.78.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Foundry | CAPI | All to before 1.78.0 | 1.78.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- CAPI VendorCloud Foundry Affected All to before 1.78.0 Fixed in 1.78.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:capi-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.78.0 | Vulnerable | CloudFoundry Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:capi-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.78.0 Vulnerable ·CloudFoundry Foundation
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CAPI (Cloud Foundry) Fixed in 1.78.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3785
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-84j7-fm4m-279g
References
More Cloud Foundry vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-11240 UAA Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2018-01169 Log Cache logs UAA client secret on startup CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-07868 Cloud Foundry UAA MFA does not prevent brute force of MFA code CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-18259 Cloud Foundry UAA SAML 2.0 Signature Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2019-02813 Java Projects using HTTP to fetch dependencies CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24613 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Cloud Foundry haproxy-boshrelease CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2019-3785 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-3785 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-84j7-fm4m-279g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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