CVE-2019-16097

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    CVE-2019-16097

    Published: 8 Sept 2019Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: core/api/user.go in Harbor 1.7.0 through 1.8.2 allows non-admin users to create admin accounts via the POST /api/users API, when Harbor is setup with DB as authentication backend and allow user to do self-registration. Fixed version: v1.7.6 v1.8.3. v.1.9.0. Workaround without applying the fix: configure Harbor to use non-DB authentication backend such as LDAP.

    References: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.html, https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6, https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3, https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/, https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517, https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8017a20e0c04a66367d71d6a9ea80c8430ee51ef
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.7.0-NA
    1.7.0-rc1
    1.7.0-rc2
    1.7.1
    1.7.2
    1.7.3
    1.7.4
    1.7.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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