Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A user with the space developer role in the system org could potentially reach an artifact containing the Cloud Foundry admin credential. That could let them become a platform administrator. This is mainly an insider or compromised-account risk, not a confirmed internet-wide exploitation issue.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for affected PAS foundations because compromise of a lower-privileged platform account could become full Cloud Foundry administrative control.
Technical view
Pivotal Applications Manager in Pivotal Application Service 2.0 before 2.0.21, 2.1 before 2.1.13, and 2.2 before 2.2.5 may expose an artifact containing the CF admin credential to a system-org space developer, enabling privilege escalation to admin.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to affected Pivotal Application Service deployments where users or compromised accounts have space developer access to the system org.
Exploitation context
The source bundle reports privilege escalation potential but provides no CVSS, CWE, exploit details, or active exploitation evidence. CISA KEV status is false.
Researcher notes
The public description is concise and does not disclose the artifact path, exploit method, or patch mechanics. Validation should focus on affected version ranges, system-org access, and post-remediation credential hygiene guided by the vendor.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade PAS 2.0 to 2.0.21 or later, if applicable.
- Upgrade PAS 2.1 to 2.1.13 or later, if applicable.
- Upgrade PAS 2.2 to 2.2.5 or later, if applicable.
- Review and remove unnecessary space developer access to the system org.
- Check vendor guidance for credential handling after suspected exposure.
Validation and detection
- Inventory PAS versions across all foundations.
- Identify any deployment below the fixed versions listed in the CVE.
- Review system org membership and space developer assignments.
- Check audit records for unusual admin-role changes or credential access indicators.
- Confirm vendor advisory guidance has been applied.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
Credential and access behavior lookup
The CVE wording references authentication or credential exposure, so valid-account and credential-access review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2018-11088 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
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://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-11088CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.