Privilege escalation in Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss)

CVE-2019-11270

Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.011 (62.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11270?
CVE-2019-11270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss), classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-11270?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-11270 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.