CVE-2017-8038

high

Published 2017-11-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

8.8

Description

In Cloud Foundry Foundation Credhub-release version 1.1.0, access control lists (ACLs) enforce whether an authenticated user can perform an operation on a credential. For installations using ACLs, the ACL was bypassed for the CredHub interpolate endpoint, allowing authenticated applications to view any credential within the CredHub installation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
pivotal_software	credhub-release	`1.1.0`

References

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2017-8038/
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2017-8038/

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.