CVE-2018-15795
CredHub Service Broker uses guessable client secret
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
CredHub Service Broker uses guessable client secret
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
- Record
CVE-2018-15795- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0767
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0767- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Pivotal CredHub Service Broker
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
- Record
GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-338
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
- Record
CVE-2018-15795- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-338
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Pivotal CredHub Service Broker
Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.
- Record
GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-338
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-coreMaven |
before 1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-coreMaven |
before 1.1.0, plus listed versions 1.0.0.RELEASE1.0.1.RELEASE |
1.1.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15795 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Credhub Service Broker, published November 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. Fixed in org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core 1.1.0.