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Medium

Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:20

Pivotal Cloud Foundry 239 and earlier, UAA (aka User Account and Authentication Server) 3.4.1 and earlier, UAA release 12.2 and earlier, PCF (aka Pivotal Cloud Foundry) Elastic Runtime 1.6.x before 1.6.35, and PCF Elastic Runtime 1.7.x before 1.7.13 does not validate if a certificate is expired.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.0.3, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.2 3.3.0.3, 3.4.2

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-295
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-rc2r-w8jv-vggp - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (21) in the archive
Total entries
21
First → latest
05.2022 03.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 9
  • Medium 7
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Cloud Foundry UAA SessionID present in Audit Event Logs
    High · 8.8 CVE-2018-1192 < 4.5.5, >= 4.6.0, < 4.7.4, >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.3 4.5.5, 4.7.4, 4.8.3
  2. Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2016-5016 >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.0.3, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.2 3.3.0.3, 3.4.2
  3. Cloud Foundry UAA accepts refresh token as access token on admin endpoints
    High · 7.5 CVE-2018-11047 < 4.5.7, >= 4.6.0, < 4.7.6, >= 4.8.0, < 4.10.2, >= 4.11.0, < 4.12.4, >= 4.13.0, < 4.19.2 4.5.7, 4.7.6, 4.10.2, 4.12.4, 4.19.2
  4. Cloud Foundry UAA Privilege Escalation
    High · 8.8 CVE-2018-15761 < 4.23.0 4.23.0
  5. Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2016-6637 >= 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.7, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.0.5, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.4, >= 3.5.0, < 3.7.0 2.7.4.7, 3.3.0.5, 3.4.4, 3.7.0
  6. Cloud Foundry UAA password reset vulnerability
    High · 7.2 CVE-2017-4991 >= 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.16, >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.10, >= 3.7.0, < 3.9.12, >= 3.10.0, < 3.17.0 2.7.4.16, 3.6.10, 3.9.12, 3.17.0
  7. Cloud Foundry UAA privilege escalation with user invitations
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-4992 >= 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.17, >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.11, >= 3.7.0, < 3.9.13, >= 3.10.0, < 4.2.0 2.7.4.17, 3.6.11, 3.9.13, 4.2.0
  8. Cloud Foundry UAA Privilege Escalation
    High · 8.8 CVE-2017-4973 >= 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.14, >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.8, >= 3.7.0, < 3.9.10, >= 3.10.0, < 3.15.0 2.7.4.14, 3.6.8, 3.9.10, 3.15.0
  9. Cloud Foundry denial of service vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2017-4960 >= 3.10.0, < 3.12.0, < 3.9.8 3.12.0, 3.9.8
  10. Cloud Foundry UAA reset password vulnerable to brute force attack
    High · 8.1 CVE-2016-3084 < 3.3.0.1 3.3.0.1
  11. UAA privilege escalation across identity zones
    High · 7.2 CVE-2018-1262 >= 4.12.0, < 4.12.2, >= 4.13.0, < 4.13.4 4.12.2, 4.13.4
  12. Cloud Foundry Runtime has Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2015-5172 < 2.5.2 2.5.2
  13. Cloud Foundry Runtime Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2015-5171 < 2.5.2 2.5.2
  14. Cloud Foundry Runtime Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 8.8 CVE-2015-5170 < 2.5.2 2.5.2

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