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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-4992 json

Cloud Foundry UAA privilege escalation with user invitations

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-jcmh-x32v-7mgf , EUVD-2022-4331

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v261; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.17, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.11, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.13, and other versions prior to v4.2.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.15, 24.x versions prior to v24.10, 30.x versions prior to 30.3, and other versions prior to v37. There is privilege escalation (arbitrary password reset) with user invitations.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server 2.7.4.17, 3.6.11, 3.9.13, 4.2.0

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Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
>=2.0.0, <2.7.4.17
>=3.0.0, <3.6.11
>=3.7.0, <3.9.13
>=3.10.0, <4.2.0
2.7.4.17
3.6.11
3.9.13
4.2.0

Affected products

  • n/a Cloud Foundry

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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