What is CVE-2018-15796?

CVE-2018-15796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bits-Service-Release, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-15796?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bits-Service-Release

CVE-2018-15796

Cloud Foundry Bits Service Release, versions prior to 2.14.0, uses an insecure hashing algorithm to sign URLs. A remote malicious user may obtain a signed URL and extract the signing key, allowing them complete read and write access to the the Bits Service storage.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cloud Foundry Bits-service-release — versions all versions
Pivotal_software Bits_service

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15796?: CVE-2018-15796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bits-Service-Release, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-15796?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.