# CVE-2018-15762: Pivotal Operations Manager gives all users heightened privileges

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges to administrator by creating a new client, requiring an upgrade to Pivotal Operations Manager.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmj9-qjcc-6gv7

## What is CVE-2018-15762?

CVE-2018-15762 is a critical vulnerability in Pivotal Operations Manager, published on 2 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pivotal Operations Manager, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.24, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.15, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.7, and versions 2.3.x prior to 2.3.1, grants all users a scope which allows for privilege escalation. A remote malicious user who has been authenticated may create a new client with administrator privileges for Opsman.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15762?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Operations Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-15762?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-15762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Operations Manager

- [CVE-2016-0883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0883/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-0897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0897/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-11292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11292/): Pivotal Ops Manager logs query parameters in tomcat access file (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11081/): Pivotal Operations Manager UAA config - temp Ram Disk (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2019-3776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3776/): Reflected XSS in Pivotal Operations Manager (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15762 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-15762 is a critical vulnerability in Pivotal Operations Manager, published on 2 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Operations Manager. 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-2018-15762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15762/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15762
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15762
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15762

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15762/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.