7.5

CVE-2019-3798: cloud foundry capi-release Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 17-04-2019Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-3798 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in cloud foundry capi-release. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cloud foundry1 product
Cloudfoundry1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links