Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller
Priority LOW 36CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01339 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CAPI-release (Cloud Foundry): 1.79.0
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-release | All to before 1.79.0 | 1.79.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- CAPI-release VendorCloud Foundry Affected All to before 1.79.0 Fixed in 1.79.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:capi-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.79.0 | Vulnerable | CloudFoundry Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:capi-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.79.0 Vulnerable ·CloudFoundry Foundation
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CAPI-release (Cloud Foundry) Fixed in 1.79.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3798
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9hx4-42jp-5rgc
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-2019-3798 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-3798 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9hx4-42jp-5rgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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