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TI-2026-68020 Aliases CVE-2026-59357GHSA-9cjx-f7j2-23c5

Self-UAA OIDC login in Cloud Foundry UAA accepts unverified ID tokens

Priority LOW 30CWE-345Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.

Summary

Cloud Foundry UAA from 4.5.0 through 79.6.0 and cf-deployment from 0 through 60.4.0 are affected. When an OIDC identity provider's issuer matches the zone's own /oauth/token endpoint, the external OIDC login callback accepts a supplied id_token without verifying that it was issued as an ID token for the relying-party client (CWE-345). An authenticated UAA user can submit their own access token or an ID token issued to another client to establish a browser session tied to a mapped shadow account, gaining that account's privileges.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CWE-345) in the external OIDC login callback in Cloud Foundry UAA v4.5.0 to v79.6.0 (inclusive) allows an authenticated UAA user to bypass the OAuth authorization-code exchange and establish an authenticated external-OIDC browser session, via submitting a UAA access token or a cross-client ID token as the callback’s id_token parameter. The issue only manifests when a UAA zone is configured with an OIDC identity provider whose issuer exactly matches that zone’s own /oauth/token endpoint (a “self-UAA” OIDC configuration). In this configuration, the callback takes a supplied id_token directly instead of requiring the authorization code exchange, and does not verify that the token was actually issued as an ID token for the specific self-OIDC relying-party client. An attacker holding any valid UAA JWT for themselves — including a plain access token with only uaa.user scope, or a valid ID token issued to an unrelated client such as cf — can present it as the callback’s id_token and be authenticated into a mapped local (“shadow”) account. Because the resulting session is not verified against the originating token’s true audience or user_id, its effective privilege depends entirely on the shadow account’s group memberships, which can include administrative scopes such as clients.write. Exploitation requires a valid UAA user JWT, a valid browser login state for the target zone, and the presence of a self-referential OIDC provider configuration — this is not a pre-authentication vulnerability, and does not by itself grant privileges beyond those already held by the mapped shadow account.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00185 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed UAA (Cloud Foundry): 79.7.0cf-deployment (Cloud Foundry): 60.5.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Cloud FoundryUAA4.5.0 – 79.6.079.7.0Patch availableCNA
Cloud Foundrycf-deploymentup to 60.4.060.5.0Patch availableCNA
  • UAA VendorCloud Foundry Affected 4.5.0 – 79.6.0 Fixed in 79.7.0 Patch available CNA
  • cf-deployment VendorCloud Foundry Affected up to 60.4.0 Fixed in 60.5.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade Cloud Foundry UAA to 79.7.0 and cf-deployment to 60.5.0.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA UAA (Cloud Foundry) Fixed in 79.7.0
  • Fix · CNA cf-deployment (Cloud Foundry) Fixed in 60.5.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59357
  2. 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-9cjx-f7j2-23c5
  3. 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

  • 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
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