What is CVE-2019-11279?

CVE-2019-11279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss), classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-11279?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss)

CVE-2019-11279

CF UAA versions prior to 74.1.0 can request scopes for a client that shouldn't be allowed by submitting an array of requested scopes. A remote malicious user can escalate their own privileges to any scope, allowing them to take control of UAA and the resources it controls.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss) — versions prior to 74.1.0
Cloudfoundry Uaa Release

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-11279 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11279?: CVE-2019-11279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Uaa Release (Oss), classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-11279?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.