VMSA-2019-0015:VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF address remote escalation of privilege vulnerability

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CRITICAL

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CVE-2019-16097

VMware Security Advisories

Advisory IDVMSA-2019-0015
Advisory SeverityCritical
CVSSv3 Range9.8
SynopsisVMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF address remote escalation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2019-16097)
Issue Date2019-09-24
Updated On2019-12-11
CVE(s)CVE-2019-16097
1. Impacted Products
  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF
2. Introduction
A remote escalation of privilege vulnerability in Harbor, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Open Source Project, was disclosed. Patches and workarounds are available to remediate or workaround this vulnerability in affected VMware products.
3. Remote escalation of privilege vulnerability in Harbor (CVE-2019-16097)

Description:

A vulnerability in the POST /api/users API of Harbor may allow for a remote escalation of privilege. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

 

Known Attack Vectors:

A malicious actor with network access to a Harbor POST /api/users API could self-register a new account with administrative privileges. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to a complete compromise of the Harbor deployment.

 

Resolution:

To remediate CVE-2019-16097, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Resolution Matrix' found below.

 

Workarounds:

VMware products can workaround CVE-2019-16097 by disabling self-registration in Harbor. Please see the 'Workarounds' column of the 'Resolution Matrix' found below.

 

Additional Documentations:

None.

 

Notes:

None.

 

Acknowledgements:

None.

 

Response Matrix:

ProductVersionRunning OnCVE IdentifierCVSSV3SeverityFixed VersionWorkaroundsAdditional Documents
VMware Cloud Foundation*x.xAny
CVE-2019-160979.8Critical3.9.0HarborFAQs: CVE-2019-16097None
VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF1.8.xAnyCVE-2019-160979.8Critical1.8.3HarborFAQs: CVE-2019-16097
None
VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF1.7.xAnyCVE-2019-160979.8Critical1.7.6HarborFAQs: CVE-2019-16097
None
5. Change log
 

2019-09-24: VMSA-2019-0015 

Initial security advisory detailing remediations for CVE-2019-16097 in VMware Harbor Container Registry for PCF and workarounds for VMware Cloud Foundation.

 

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