CWE-269
DiscouragedImproper Privilege Management
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
6424 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-H27C-6XM3-MCQP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-20 22:13 – Updated: 2024-11-25 20:50Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability does not affect a released Go package. For more information, see github/advisory-database/issues/5029.
Original Advisory
Summary
This advisory affects the Kanister helm charts and not the go package
Details
The kanister has a deployment called default-kanister-operator, which is bound with a ClusterRole called edit via ClusterRoleBinding(https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/templates/rbac.yaml#L49). The "edit" ClusterRole is one of Kubernetes default-created ClusterRole, and it have create/patch/udpate verbs of daemonset resources, create verb of serviceaccount/token resources, and impersonate verb of serviceaccounts resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has this component, he/she can:
For the create/patch/update verbs of daemonset resources, the malicious user can abuse it to create or modify a set of Pods to mount a high-privilege service account (e.g., the cluster-admin service account). After that, he/she can abuse the high-privilege SA token of created Pod to take over the whole cluster.
For the create verb of serviceaccount/token resources, a malicious user can abuse this permission to generate new Service Account tokens and use them to operate with high-privilege roles, such as cluster administrators. These tokens can be used to access and manipulate any resources within the cluster.
For the impersonate verb of serviceaccounts resources, a malicious user can impersonate high-privilege Service Accounts, thereby gaining access to roles such as cluster administrators. This enables the attacker to perform all actions that the high-privilege account can, including creating, modifying, and deleting critical resources within the cluster.
PoC
We have discussed in the "Details" section
Impact
Privilege escalation
Mitigation
Currently kanister helm chart provides rbac.create flag (true by default), which controls whether the rbac rules for kanister service account will be created https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/values.yaml#L17 If this value set to false, the user needs to create rbac rules themselves and they can limit the role bindings for kanister service account, for example scope it to specific namespace. Service account can also be configured via helm https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/values.yaml#L19
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"affected": [
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"name": "github.com/kanisterio/kanister"
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"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
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}
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43403"
],
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"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-20T22:13:02Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-20T22:15:04Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "# Withdrawn Advisory\n\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability does not affect a released Go package. For more information, see github/advisory-database/issues/5029.\n\n# Original Advisory\n\n### Summary\nThis advisory affects the Kanister helm charts and not the go package\n\n### Details\nThe kanister has a deployment called default-kanister-operator, which is bound with a ClusterRole called edit via ClusterRoleBinding(https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/templates/rbac.yaml#L49). The \"edit\" ClusterRole is one of Kubernetes default-created ClusterRole, and it have create/patch/udpate verbs of daemonset resources, create verb of serviceaccount/token resources, and impersonate verb of serviceaccounts resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has this component, he/she can:\n\nFor the create/patch/update verbs of daemonset resources, the malicious user can abuse it to create or modify a set of Pods to mount a high-privilege service account (e.g., the cluster-admin service account). After that, he/she can abuse the high-privilege SA token of created Pod to take over the whole cluster.\n\nFor the create verb of serviceaccount/token resources, a malicious user can abuse this permission to generate new Service Account tokens and use them to operate with high-privilege roles, such as cluster administrators. These tokens can be used to access and manipulate any resources within the cluster.\n\nFor the impersonate verb of serviceaccounts resources, a malicious user can impersonate high-privilege Service Accounts, thereby gaining access to roles such as cluster administrators. This enables the attacker to perform all actions that the high-privilege account can, including creating, modifying, and deleting critical resources within the cluster.\n\n\n### PoC\nWe have discussed in the \"Details\" section\n\n### Impact\nPrivilege escalation\n\n### Mitigation\n\nCurrently kanister helm chart provides rbac.create flag (true by default), which controls whether the rbac rules for kanister service account will be created https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/values.yaml#L17\nIf this value set to false, the user needs to create rbac rules themselves and they can limit the role bindings for kanister service account, for example scope it to specific namespace.\nService account can also be configured via helm https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/values.yaml#L19\n",
"id": "GHSA-h27c-6xm3-mcqp",
"modified": "2024-11-25T20:50:10Z",
"published": "2024-08-20T22:13:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/security/advisories/GHSA-h27c-6xm3-mcqp"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43403"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/templates/rbac.yaml#L49"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/wiki/2023%E2%80%9024-Community-Meeting-Notes"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Withdrawn Advisory: Kanister vulnerable to cluster-level privilege escalation",
"withdrawn": "2024-11-25T20:50:10Z"
}
GHSA-H27R-PFC4-2CXP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:48 – Updated: 2022-06-29 00:00Soyal Technology 701Client 9.0.1 is vulnerable to Insecure permissions via client.exe binary with Authenticated Users group with Full permissions.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-28269"
],
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],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-04-27T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Soyal Technology 701Client 9.0.1 is vulnerable to Insecure permissions via client.exe binary with Authenticated Users group with Full permissions.",
"id": "GHSA-h27r-pfc4-2cxp",
"modified": "2022-06-29T00:00:49Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:48:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28269"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49679"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2021-5634.php"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H282-H9WQ-4CQG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:23 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:23An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the SharedStream Library handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows SharedStream Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1463"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-07-14T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the SharedStream Library handles objects in memory, aka \u0027Windows SharedStream Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027.",
"id": "GHSA-h282-h9wq-4cqg",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:23:25Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:23:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1463"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1463"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-H289-298G-XPJW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:45 – Updated: 2022-07-28 00:00In Octopus Deploy 2019.1.0 through 2019.3.1 and 2019.4.0 through 2019.4.5, an authenticated user with the VariableViewUnscoped or VariableEditUnscoped permission scoped to a specific project could view or edit unscoped variables from a different project. (These permissions are only used in custom User Roles and do not affect built in User Roles.)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-11632"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-05-01T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In Octopus Deploy 2019.1.0 through 2019.3.1 and 2019.4.0 through 2019.4.5, an authenticated user with the VariableViewUnscoped or VariableEditUnscoped permission scoped to a specific project could view or edit unscoped variables from a different project. (These permissions are only used in custom User Roles and do not affect built in User Roles.)",
"id": "GHSA-h289-298g-xpjw",
"modified": "2022-07-28T00:00:48Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:45:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11632"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/Issues/issues/5528"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/Issues/issues/5529"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H2J8-V2XJ-53CF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-15 21:32 – Updated: 2026-09-15 21:32Vulnerability in the Oracle Utilities Network Management System product of Oracle Utilities Applications (component: System Wide). Supported versions that are affected are 2.4.0.1.0-2.4.0.1.33, 2.5.0.1.0-2.5.0.1.19, 2.5.0.2.0-2.5.0.2.13, 2.6.0.1.0-2.6.0.12B, 2.6.0.2.0-2.6.0.2.10A and 25.12.0.0.0-25.12.0.0.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Utilities Network Management System executes to compromise Oracle Utilities Network Management System. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Utilities Network Management System. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-83342"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-15T20:18:47Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Utilities Network Management System product of Oracle Utilities Applications (component: System Wide). Supported versions that are affected are 2.4.0.1.0-2.4.0.1.33, 2.5.0.1.0-2.5.0.1.19, 2.5.0.2.0-2.5.0.2.13, 2.6.0.1.0-2.6.0.12B, 2.6.0.2.0-2.6.0.2.10A and 25.12.0.0.0-25.12.0.0.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Utilities Network Management System executes to compromise Oracle Utilities Network Management System. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Utilities Network Management System. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-h2j8-v2xj-53cf",
"modified": "2026-09-15T21:32:35Z",
"published": "2026-09-15T21:32:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83342"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H2JP-GMJP-6X66
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:31Vulnerability in the Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is V16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-60576"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:17:57Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is V16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-h2jp-gmjp-6x66",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:31:49Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:31:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60576"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H2VJ-4WWX-54Q4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:14 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:14A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-16838"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-03-25T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.",
"id": "GHSA-h2vj-4wwx-54q4",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:14:41Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:14:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16838"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2177"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3651"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16838"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640820"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16838"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00042.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00051.html"
}
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H2W9-5QX3-FRQQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-05 15:30A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component. A local user, by creating a ClusterCurator resource with a specific naming convention, can trigger the creation of a cluster-scoped ClusterRoleBinding. This allows the user to escalate their privileges from namespace-local access to cluster-wide control. This privilege escalation grants broad permissions, including the ability to access and manipulate secrets, manage cluster actions, and delete hosted clusters or node pools.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-73269"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-12T20:17:53Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component. A local user, by creating a ClusterCurator resource with a specific naming convention, can trigger the creation of a cluster-scoped ClusterRoleBinding. This allows the user to escalate their privileges from namespace-local access to cluster-wide control. This privilege escalation grants broad permissions, including the ability to access and manipulate secrets, manage cluster actions, and delete hosted clusters or node pools.",
"id": "GHSA-h2w9-5qx3-frqq",
"modified": "2026-09-05T15:30:25Z",
"published": "2026-08-12T21:31:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73269"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59556"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59557"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59558"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59559"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59579"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59593"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73269"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514220"
}
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H2X8-6H3C-4JP7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:36 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:36A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the WinRing0x64 Driver IRP 0x9c402088 functionality of NZXT CAM 4.8.0. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause increased privileges. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-13519"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-12-18T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the WinRing0x64 Driver IRP 0x9c402088 functionality of NZXT CAM 4.8.0. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause increased privileges. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-h2x8-6h3c-4jp7",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:36:50Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:36:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13519"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1116"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H338-W3FH-545J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-07-13 00:01The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-21991"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-22T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).",
"id": "GHSA-h338-w3fh-545j",
"modified": "2022-07-13T00:01:07Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:15:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21991"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-48
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation MIT-49
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse
An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation
An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.