CF CLI does not sanitize user's password in verbose/trace/debug

published 2019-03-07 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13412

cvss: 8.2; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cloud Foundry CLI, versions prior to v6.43.0, improperly exposes passwords when verbose/trace/debugging is turned on. A local unauthenticated or remote authenticated malicious user with access to logs may gain part or all of a users password.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

Cloud Foundry CF CLI v6.43.0

cf-cli SLE Module for CAP 15 SP1, SLE Module for CAP 15 6.43.0-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1220-2 SUSE-SU-2019:1220-1

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Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.2	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cloud Foundry CF CLI

Classification

Weakness

CWE-215 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

cloudfoundry.org /blog/cve-2019-3781
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/107365
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3781
NVD CVE-2019-3781

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