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CVE-2019-3779
Cloud Foundry Container Runtime allows a user to bypass security policy when talking to ETCD
High8.8EPSS 0.67%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dell
Description
Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, versions prior to 0.29.0, deploys Kubernetes clusters utilize the same CA (Certificate Authority) to sign and trust certs for ETCD as used by the Kubernetes API. This could allow a user authenticated with a cluster to request a signed certificate leveraging the Kubernetes CSR capability to obtain a credential that could escalate privilege access to ETCD.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| dellCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Cloud Foundry · Cloud Foundry Container Runtime (CFCR)
- affected All – < v0.29.0
References (1)
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2019-3779 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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