CVE-2019-11270
UAA clients.write vulnerability
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
UAA clients.write vulnerability
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
- Record
CVE-2019-11270- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2959
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
- Record
EUVD-2019-2959- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cgmm-ggpv-874w No score
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client...
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the ?clients.write? authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via ?clients.write? and create clients with arbitrary scopes that he does not possess.
- Record
GHSA-cgmm-ggpv-874w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
- Record
CVE-2019-11270- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to v73.4.0 contain a vulnerability where a malicious client possessing the 'clients.write' authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed on clients created via 'clients.write' and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
- Record
CVE-2019-11270- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11270 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Uaa, published August 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.