An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v261; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.17, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.11, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.13, and other versions prior to v4.2.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.15, 24.x versions prior to v24.10, 30.x versions prior to 30.3, and other versions prior to v37. There is privilege escalation (arbitrary password reset) with user invitations.
CVE-2017-4992
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.2%, top 36% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 64.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 13, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated May 17, 2026CVE-2017-4992: Privilege escalation with user invitations | Cloud Foundry
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2017-4992/Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | 3.10.0 ... 4.1.0 (9 versions) | 4.2.0 | — |
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