CVE-2024-38806 UAA Failure to Remove Shadow User’s Access
Users retain unauthorized access rights due to improper permission synchronization in Cloud Foundry UAA, allowing privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38806?
CVE-2024-38806 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in UAA, published on 18 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Failure to properly synchronize user's permissions in UAA in Cloud Foundry Foundation v40.17.0 https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-deployment/releases/tag/v40.17.0 , potentially resulting in users retaining access rights they should not have. This can allow them to perform operations beyond their intended permissions.
Weakness: CWE-440
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38806?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38806?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-38806 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38806 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3r76-7gpf-jq4w.