# CVE-2019-11276: Apps Manager sends tokens to Spring apps via HTTP

> An attacker can eavesdrop on unencrypted HTTP traffic to steal tokens, allowing them to read user access levels and modify application logging settings.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mc7q-p67h-xph3

## What is CVE-2019-11276?

CVE-2019-11276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Application Service (PAS), published on 19 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pivotal Apps Manager, included in Pivotal Application Service versions 2.3.x prior to 2.3.16, 2.4.x prior to 2.4.12, 2.5.x prior to 2.5.8, and 2.6.x prior to 2.6.3, makes a request to the /cloudapplication endpoint via Spring actuator, and subsequent requests via unsecured http. An adjacent unauthenticated user could eavesdrop on the network traffic and gain access to the unencrypted token allowing the attacker to read the type of access a user has over an app. They may also modify the logging level, potentially leading to lost information that would otherwise have been logged.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11276?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Application Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11276?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11276 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11276 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Application Service (PAS)

- [CVE-2019-3793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3793/): Invitations Service supports HTTP connections (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2019-3777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3777/): Apps Manager unverified SSL certs in Cloud Controller proxy (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-11270](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11270/): UAA clients.write vulnerability (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11276 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Application Service (PAS), published on 19 Aug 2019. 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-2019-11276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Application Service (PAS). 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-2019-11276/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11276/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11276
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11276
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11276

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11276/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.