CVE-2018-1193 Security feature bypass in Cloud Foundry Router

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass secure connection requirements by spoofing the X-Forwarded-Proto header in Cloud Foundry Router requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-1193?

CVE-2018-1193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Router, published on 23 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cloud Foundry routing-release, versions prior to 0.175.0, lacks sanitization for user-provided X-Forwarded-Proto headers. A remote user can set the X-Forwarded-Proto header in a request to potentially bypass an application requirement to only respond over secure connections.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1193?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cloudfoundry Cf-Deployment, Cloudfoundry Routing-Release.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1193?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1193 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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