CVE-2018-15762

Pivotal Operations Manager gives all users heightened privileges

CRITICAL

CVSS Score

Published: November 2, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsOperations ManagerPivotal Operations Manager

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Severity

CRITICAL9

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

Pivotal Operations Manager, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.24, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.15, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.7, and versions 2.3.x prior to 2.3.1, grants all users a scope which allows for privilege escalation. A remote malicious user who has been authenticated may create a new client with administrator privileges for Opsman.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Operations Manager · Pivotal

95%

2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.242.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.152.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.72.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.1

Affected range stops below 2.0.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.1.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.2.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Pivotal Operations Manager · Pivotal Cloud Foundry

60%

2.0.x ≤ v < 2.0.242.1.x ≤ v < 2.1.152.2.x ≤ v < 2.2.72.3.x ≤ v < 2.3.12.0.x 2.1.x 2.2.x 2.3.x

Affected range stops below 2.0.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.1.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.2.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15762

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15762

CVSS

9CRITICALdell

Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269

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