CVE-2019-3801 — Cloud Foundry cf-deployment, versions prior to 7

Cloud Foundry cf-deployment, versions prior to 7.9.0, contain java components that are using an insecure protocol to fetch dependencies when building. A remote unauthenticated malicious attacker could hijack the DNS entry for the dependency, and inject malicious code into the com

01What is this vulnerability?

Cloud Foundry cf-deployment, versions prior to 7.9.0, contain java components that are using an insecure protocol to fetch dependencies when building. A remote unauthenticated malicious attacker could hijack the DNS entry for the dependency, and inject malicious code into the component.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cloud Foundry	CredHub	2.1, 1.9
Cloud Foundry	UAA Release (OSS)	All
Cloud Foundry	cf	deployment — All
Pivotal	UAA Release (LTS)	v60, v64

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-25T20:17:37.272Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T02:56:41.904Z

09References

• www.cloudfoundry.org — https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-3801
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108104