CVE-2016-8219 Privilege escalation in Cloud Foundry

What is CVE-2016-8219?

CVE-2016-8219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry, published on 13 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to 250 and CAPI-release versions prior to 1.12.0. A user with the SpaceAuditor role is over-privileged with the ability to restage applications. This could cause application downtime if the restage fails.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8219?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cloudfoundry Capi-Release, Cloudfoundry Cf-Release.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry

• CVE-2018-1195 Auth bypass in Cloud Controller High 8.8
• CVE-2020-5417 Cloud Controller may allow developers to claim sensitive routes High 8.5
• CVE-2023-20881 Missing authorization in Cloud Controller API High 8.1
• CVE-2018-1266 Path traversal in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2020-5400 Cloud Controller logs environment variables from app manifests High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w6w3-q7mh-r859.