CVE-2017-8037 Information disclosure in Cloud Foundry

What is CVE-2017-8037?

CVE-2017-8037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry, published on 21 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Cloud Foundry Foundation CAPI-release versions after v1.6.0 and prior to v1.38.0 and cf-release versions after v244 and prior to v270, there is an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-8035. If you took steps to remediate CVE-2017-8035 you should also upgrade to fix this CVE. A carefully crafted CAPI request from a Space Developer can allow them to gain access to files on the Cloud Controller VM for that installation, aka an Information Leak / Disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8037?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2017-8037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-8037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8037 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-9235-9qc9-8p4j.