Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Cloud Foundry UAA 4.12.x and 4.13.x could let an administrator of one identity zone create tokens that appear to belong to another zone. Where systems trust offline token validation, this could result in unintended administrative access across zones.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority if affected UAA versions are present. The business risk is unauthorized administrative control across identity boundaries, especially in multi-tenant or delegated-administration environments.
Technical view
The flaw affects CloudFoundry UAA 4.12.x and 4.13.x. A feature allowed cross-zone token impersonation for clients performing offline validation, potentially granting up to admin privileges in the impersonated identity zone.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Cloud Foundry environments running UAA 4.12.x or 4.13.x, using identity zones, and relying on offline token validation by clients.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and this CVE is not listed as KEV. The described abuse requires zone-level administrative control or equivalent compromise.
Researcher notes
The source bundle lacks CVSS, CWE, exploit evidence, and explicit fix details. Analysis is based on the CVE description and Cloud Foundry reference. Validate against vendor advisory before asserting exact remediation state.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Cloud Foundry UAA versions across all foundations.
- Identify any deployments running UAA 4.12.x or 4.13.x.
- Review the Cloud Foundry advisory for fixed-version or configuration guidance.
- Assess clients that perform offline token validation across identity zones.
- Prioritize remediation where identity zones separate privileged tenants or teams.
Validation and detection
- Confirm deployed UAA version numbers from trusted asset records.
- Map configured identity zones and their administrative ownership.
- List clients performing offline token validation.
- Check whether cross-zone trust could grant administrative privileges.
- Document whether remediation follows Cloud Foundry vendor guidance.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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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/blog/cve-2018-1262/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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