Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Pivotal Operations Manager had an authorization flaw where any authenticated user could gain a scope enabling administrator-level client creation. In affected environments, a low-privileged valid user could become an Ops Manager administrator, putting platform configuration, credentials, and availability at risk.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent for any affected Ops Manager deployment. The issue can turn a normal authenticated account into administrative control over platform operations, which may affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Technical view
CVE-2018-15762 affects Pivotal Operations Manager 2.0.x before 2.0.24, 2.1.x before 2.1.15, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1. The issue grants all users a scope that allows privilege escalation by creating an administrator-privileged Ops Manager client.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running the listed vulnerable Pivotal Operations Manager versions with authenticated user access. Remote unauthenticated exposure is not supported by the source bundle.
Exploitation context
The source bundle describes authenticated remote privilege escalation with low privileges and no user interaction. It does not provide evidence of active exploitation, public exploit use, or KEV inclusion.
Researcher notes
The key boundary is authenticated access, not public unauthenticated compromise. Focus validation on version evidence, granted scopes, client-management permissions, and unexpected admin clients. The bundle does not include CWE mapping or exploit telemetry.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Ops Manager to 2.0.24, 2.1.15, 2.2.7, 2.3.1, or later applicable versions.
- Review vendor advisory guidance before applying operational changes.
- Restrict Ops Manager access to trusted administrators until upgraded.
- Audit existing Ops Manager users and administrative clients for unexpected entries.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Pivotal Operations Manager versions in use.
- Confirm no deployment runs affected versions below the fixed release thresholds.
- Review user scopes for broad client-creation privileges.
- Check administrative clients for unexpected or recently created entries.
- Verify upgrade completion through Ops Manager version reporting.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H2.36Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
9CriticalVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15762CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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