CVE-2019-3782 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3782: CredHub CLI writes environment variable credentials to disk

Vendor Cloud Foundry
Product CredHub CLI
Weakness CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
Published February 13, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cloud Foundry CredHub CLI, versions prior to 2.2.1, inadvertently writes authentication credentials provided via environment variables to its persistent config file. A local authenticated malicious user with access to the CredHub CLI config file can use these credentials to retrieve and modify credentials stored in CredHub that are authorized to the targeted user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 13, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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