CVE-2019-3800 | CF CLI writes the client id and secret to config file

CF CLI version prior to v6.45.0 (bosh release version 1.16.0) writes the client id and secret to its config file when the user authenticates with --client-credentials flag. A local authenticated malicious user with access to the CF CLI config file can act as that client, who is the owner of the leaked credentials.

Published: 2019-08-05 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-3800 is rated Moderate Risk (43.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-3800

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-30 0.21% 0.28% +0.07%
2 2025-07-02 0.30% 0.21% -0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-3800

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.0 3.7 [email protected]
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-3800

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-3800

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2019-3800 severity moderate: SUSE including 1 source package names (cf-cli), 2 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2): Will Not Fix 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3800/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-3800

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal cloud_foundry_command_line_interface < 6.45.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_command_line_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_command_line_interface_release < 1.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_command_line_interface_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_deployment < 10.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_deployment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_deployment_concourse_tasks < 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_deployment_concourse_tasks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_log_cache_release < 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_log_cache_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_networking_release < 2.23.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_networking_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_notifications < 58 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_routing_release < 0.189.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_routing_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_smoke_test < 40.0.113 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_smoke_test:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal application_service >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.14 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:application_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal application_service >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:application_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal application_service >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:application_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_autoscaling_release < 219 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_autoscaling_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_event_alerts < 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_event_alerts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_healthwatch >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_healthwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal cloud_foundry_healthwatch >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:cloud_foundry_healthwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal credhub_service_broker_for_pcf < 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:credhub_service_broker_for_pcf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal metric_registrar_release < 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:metric_registrar_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal on_demand_service_broker < 0.29.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:on_demand_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal pivotal_cloud_foundry_service_broker < 1.4.13 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:pivotal_cloud_foundry_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:*
pivotal single_sign-on >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:single_sign-on:*:*:*:*:*:cloud_foundry:*:*
pivotal single_sign-on >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:single_sign-on:*:*:*:*:*:cloud_foundry:*:*
pivotal single_sign-on >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:single_sign-on:*:*:*:*:*:cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines elasticsearch < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines logme < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:logme:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines mongodb < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines mysql < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines postgresql < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines rabbitmq < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
anynines redis < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:anynines:redis:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
apigee edge_service_broker < 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apigee:edge_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
appdynamics application_analytics < 4.7.652 cpe:2.3:a:appdynamics:application_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
appdynamics application_performance_monitoring < 4.6.64 cpe:2.3:a:appdynamics:application_performance_monitoring:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
appdynamics platform_montioring < 4.7.712 cpe:2.3:a:appdynamics:platform_montioring:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
bluemedora nozzle < 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bluemedora:nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
contrastsecurity service_broker < 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:contrastsecurity:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
cyberark conjur_service_broker < 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:conjur_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
datadoghq application_monitoring < 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:application_monitoring:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
datastax enterprise_service_broker < 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:datastax:enterprise_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
dynatrace service_broker < 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:dynatrace:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
forgerock service_broker < 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:forgerock:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
google google_cloud_platform_service_broker < 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:google:google_cloud_platform_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
ibm websphere_liberty_ < 3.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_liberty_:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
microsoft azure_log_analytics_nozzle < 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_log_analytics_nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
microsoft azure_service_broker < 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
newrelic dotnet_extension_buildpack < 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:newrelic:dotnet_extension_buildpack:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
newrelic nozzle < 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:newrelic:nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
newrelic service_broker < 1.12.64 cpe:2.3:a:newrelic:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
pagerduty service_broker < 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:pagerduty:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
riverbed steelcentral_appinternals < 10.21.1-bl516 cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
samba volume_service < 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:volume_service:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
signalsciences service_broker < 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:signalsciences:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
snyk service_broker < 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:snyk:service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
solace pubsub\+ < 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:solace:pubsub\+:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
splunk nozzle < 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
sumologic nozzle < 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sumologic:nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
synopsys seeker_iast_service_broker < 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:synopsys:seeker_iast_service_broker:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
tibco businessworks_buildpack < 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:tibco:businessworks_buildpack:*:*:*:*:container:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
wavefront wavefront_by_vmware_nozzle < 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wavefront:wavefront_by_vmware_nozzle:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
yugabyte db_enterprise < 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:db_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*

References for CVE-2019-3800

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