Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Cloud Foundry UAA could write URL query parameters into Tomcat access logs. If credentials or tokens were passed in those parameters, they may have been stored in log files where administrators or log systems could access them.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority exposure review for affected UAA environments. The business risk is credential disclosure from logs, not confirmed remote takeover by itself.
Technical view
CVE-2019-11290 is a CWE-532 sensitive-information-in-log issue in Cloud Foundry UAA Release before v74.8.0. The UAA Tomcat access log captured all query parameters, potentially exposing authentication material supplied through URLs.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Cloud Foundry UAA Release versions prior to v74.8.0 are potentially exposed, especially where authentication data was passed in URL query parameters and logs were retained or centralized.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked KEV. Risk depends on whether sensitive query parameters existed and who could read Tomcat or centralized logs.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on version evidence, log retention scope, and credential material in query strings. The source bundle does not provide exploit details, active exploitation evidence, or broader affected products beyond Cloud Foundry UAA Release.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Cloud Foundry UAA Release to v74.8.0 or later per vendor guidance.
- Review Tomcat and centralized logs for exposed credentials during the vulnerable period.
- Rotate credentials or tokens found in affected logs.
- Restrict access to UAA Tomcat access logs and log aggregation stores.
- Confirm applications do not send credentials in URL query parameters.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cloud Foundry UAA Release versions and identify instances below v74.8.0.
- Review Tomcat access log configuration and retained access logs.
- Search retained logs for credential-like query parameters without exposing values broadly.
- Verify upgraded UAA logging no longer records sensitive query parameters.
- Confirm log access is limited to authorized operational staff.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-11290CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
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