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CVE-2019-3782

CredHub CLI writes environment variable credentials to disk

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCredhub Cli

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Cloud Foundry CredHub CLI, versions prior to 2.2.1, inadvertently writes authentication credentials provided via environment variables to its persistent config file. A local authenticated malicious user with access to the CredHub CLI config file can use these credentials to retrieve and modify credentials stored in CredHub that are authorized to the targeted user.

Affected

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

Credhub Cli· Cloudfoundry
95%
v < 2.2.1
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107038
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-3782

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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