In Cloud Foundry cf-release versions prior to v264; UAA release all versions of UAA v2.x.x, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.13, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.15, 3.20.x versions prior to v3.20.0, and other versions prior to v4.4.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.17, 24.x versions prior to v24.12. 30.x versions before 30.5, and other versions prior to v41, zone administrators are allowed to escalate their privileges when mapping permissions for an external provider.
Open source devops platform Cloud Foundry has disclosed a potentially nasty bug in its User Account and Authentication server software. UUA is the Cloud Foundry ID management service, using OAuth2 to issue tokens for client applications that act on behalf of users. CVE-2017-8032 was patched in an update last week, and the detailed advisory landed June 12 here. The short version: “Zone administrators are allowed to escalate their privileges when mapping permissions for an external provider.” ...