CVE-2019-16097

Summary

CVECVE-2019-16097
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-08 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
Descriptioncore/api/user.go in Harbor 1.7.0 through 1.8.2 allows non-admin users to create admin accounts via the POST /api/users API, when Harbor is setup with DB as authentication backend and allow user to do self-registration. Fixed version: v1.7.6 v1.8.3. v.1.9.0. Workaround without applying the fix: configure Harbor to use non-DB authentication backend such as LDAP.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.1 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.2 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.3 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.4 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.5 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.1 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.1 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.2 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.3 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.4 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.7.5 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.0 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.1 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 - All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 rc1 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.8.2 rc2 All All
Application Linuxfoundation Harbor 1.9.0 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Disallow creating an admin user when registration · goharbor/harbor@b6db8a8 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Comparing v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1 · goharbor/harbor · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2019-0015 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Critical Vulnerability in Harbor Enables Privilege Escalation from Zero to Admin (CVE-2019-16097) MISC unit42.paloaltonetworks.com Third Party Advisory
Release v1.8.3 · goharbor/harbor · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Release v1.7.6 · goharbor/harbor · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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