# CVE-2016-8219: Privilege escalation in Cloud Foundry

> A SpaceAuditor user can improperly restage applications, potentially causing downtime, requiring an upgrade to Cloud Foundry.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w6w3-q7mh-r859

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8219?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1195/): Auth bypass in Cloud Controller (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-5417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5417/): Cloud Controller may allow developers to claim sensitive routes (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-20881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20881/): Missing authorization in Cloud Controller API (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2018-1266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1266/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-5400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5400/): Cloud Controller logs environment variables from app manifests (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8219 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cloud Foundry. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8219/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8219
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8219
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8219

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8219/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.