# CVE-2019-11268: UAA SQL Identity Zone Vulnerability

> Authenticated users can bypass identity zone restrictions to read private user, client, and group data across all zones.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 11 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3cm-76qq-2qmp

## What is CVE-2019-11268?

CVE-2019-11268 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS), published on 11 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cloud Foundry UAA version prior to 73.3.0, contain endpoints that contains improper escaping. An authenticated malicious user with basic read privileges for one identity zone can extend those reading privileges to all other identity zones and obtain private information on users, clients, and groups in all other identity zones.

Weakness: CWE-116 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11268?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Uaa-Release.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS)

- [CVE-2019-3787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3787/): UAA defaults email address to an insecure domain (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2018-15754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15754/): UAA can issue tokens across identity providers if users with matching usernames exist (medium 4.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11268 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11268 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS), published on 11 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS). 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-2019-11268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11268/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11268
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11268
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11268

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11268/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.