Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Affected Cloud Foundry releases gave SpaceAuditor users more power than intended: they could restage applications. A failed restage can cause application downtime. The issue is not described as remote code execution or data theft, but it can disrupt hosted services where the role is assigned.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted availability risk. Prioritize remediation in production Cloud Foundry foundations where SpaceAuditor access is delegated outside trusted platform operators.
Technical view
CVE-2016-8219 is an authorization flaw in Cloud Foundry cf-release before 250 and CAPI-release before 1.12.0. The SpaceAuditor role was over-privileged and could trigger application restage operations, creating availability risk if those restages failed.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Cloud Foundry environments running cf-release versions before 250 or CAPI-release versions before 1.12.0, especially where SpaceAuditor accounts exist or are broadly assigned.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the bundle marks KEV as false. Abuse appears to require authenticated access with the SpaceAuditor role. The documented impact is application downtime from failed restage operations.
Researcher notes
The source bundle provides no CVSS, CWE, proof-of-concept, or detailed attack path. Analysis should stay constrained to authorization overreach and restage-driven downtime until vendor or CVE records provide more detail.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade cf-release to version 250 or later.
- Upgrade CAPI-release to version 1.12.0 or later.
- Review SpaceAuditor assignments and remove unnecessary access.
- Check Cloud Foundry vendor guidance before applying compensating controls.
- Monitor for unexpected restage activity in affected spaces.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cloud Foundry cf-release and CAPI-release versions.
- List users assigned the SpaceAuditor role across spaces.
- Confirm SpaceAuditor users cannot restage applications after remediation.
- Review audit records for unexpected application restage events.
- Validate critical applications recovered cleanly from any prior restages.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-8219/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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