Credentials management in Cloud Foundry UAA and CF Deployment - CVE-2019-11293
Published: December 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23390
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11293
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Foundry Foundation
Affected software:
Cloud Foundry UAA
CF Deployment
Cloud Foundry UAA
CF Deployment
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to access sensitive information on a targeted system.
The vulnerability exists due to logs client_secret credentials are sent as a query param, when set to logging level DEBUG. A remote user can gain access to user credentials via the "uaa.log" file if authentication is provided via query parameters.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11293
Install updates from vendor's website.