Self-UAA OIDC login in Cloud Foundry UAA accepts unverified ID tokens
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Foundry | UAA | 4.5.0 – 79.6.0 | 79.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Cloud Foundry | cf-deployment | up to 60.4.0 | 60.5.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- 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
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59357
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-9cjx-f7j2-23c5
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
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- TI-2018-01169 Log Cache logs UAA client secret on startup CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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- 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-2026-59357 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-59357 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9cjx-f7j2-23c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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