Cleartext storage of sensitive information in CF Deployment and Cloud Controller - CVE-2020-5400
Published: February 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25574
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-2020-5400
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Foundry Foundation
Affected software:
CF Deployment
Cloud Controller
CF Deployment
Cloud Controller
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software logs app environment variables when an app is deployed using a server-side manifest, which may include sensitive information such as credentials if provided to the job. A remote authenticated attacker with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to resources protected by such credentials.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5400
Install updates from vendor's website.