Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Cloud Foundry UAA before 73.3.0 could let a signed-in low-privilege user from one identity zone read private data from other zones. The main business risk is unauthorized disclosure of user, client, and group information across tenant or environment boundaries.
Executive priority
Treat this as a confidentiality-focused upgrade priority for Cloud Foundry environments. It is not described as unauthenticated or actively exploited, but it can undermine tenant separation and expose sensitive identity data if vulnerable UAA versions remain in use.
Technical view
The issue is improper escaping in UAA endpoints. An authenticated user with basic read privileges in one identity zone may extend read access across all other identity zones. The CVSS 3.0 score is 6.5, driven by network access, low complexity, low privileges, and high confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Cloud Foundry UAA Release OSS deployments running versions prior to v73.3.0, especially deployments using multiple identity zones. Systems not running Cloud Foundry UAA are not indicated as affected by the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Abuse requires authenticated access with basic read privileges in at least one identity zone. Evidence is about unauthorized data access, not integrity or availability impact.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on version confirmation, identity-zone configuration, and privilege assignments. The supplied evidence does not provide endpoint-level details, exploit procedure, or named compensating controls beyond the version boundary, so avoid assuming broader product impact.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Cloud Foundry UAA Release OSS to v73.3.0 or later.
- Review Cloud Foundry vendor guidance for any deployment-specific remediation steps.
- Restrict basic read privileges to users and clients that genuinely require them.
- Audit identity-zone access policies for unnecessary cross-tenant exposure.
- Monitor UAA access patterns for unusual reads involving users, clients, or groups.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Cloud Foundry UAA deployments and record their release versions.
- Confirm no production UAA instance runs a version prior to v73.3.0.
- Identify deployments using multiple identity zones and prioritize their review.
- Review accounts with basic read privileges in each identity zone.
- Check UAA logs for unexpected reads of users, clients, or groups across zones.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-11268CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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