Scheduler for TAS can transmit privileged UAA token in plaintext
CVE-2020-5426

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Vmware Tanzu

Status
Pivotal Scheduler
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 November 2020

What is CVE-2020-5426?

Scheduler for TAS prior to version 1.4.0 was permitting plaintext transmission of UAA client token by sending it over a non-TLS connection. This also depended on the configuration of the MySQL server which is used to cache a UAA client token used by the service. If intercepted the token can give an attacker admin level access in the cloud controller.

Affected Version(s)

Pivotal Scheduler All < 1.4.0

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5426
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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