Cloud Controller allows users with no roles to list droplets

published 2020-09-03 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26587

cvss: 3.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cloud Foundry CAPI (Cloud Controller) versions prior to 1.98.0 allow authenticated users having only the "cloud_controller.read" scope, but no roles in any spaces, to list all droplets in all spaces (whereas they should see none).

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Cloud Foundry CAPI 1.98.0
Cloud Foundry CF Deployment 13.17.0

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Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cloud Foundry CAPI
Cloud Foundry CF Deployment

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

cloudfoundry.org /blog/cve-2020-5418
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5418
NVD CVE-2020-5418

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