CVE-2019-11270

UAA clients.write vulnerability

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: August 5, 2019 at 04:21 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:12 AM UTC

4 products affected across 2 vendorsCloud Foundry UaaOperations ManagerApplication Service

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

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

Application Service · Pivotal

95%

2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.152.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.112.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.72.6.0 ≤ v < 2.6.2

Affected range stops below 2.3.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.5.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Cloud Foundry Uaa · Pivotal

95%

v < 73.4.0

Affected range stops below 73.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Operations Manager · Pivotal

95%

2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.222.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.162.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.102.6.0 ≤ v < 2.6.4

Affected range stops below 2.3.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.4.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.5.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Uaa Release · Cloudfoundry

60%

v < 73.4.0

Affected range stops below 73.4.0, 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

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11270

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-11270

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269CWE-732

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