Vulnerability in Cloud Foundry BOSH (CVE-2018-11083)

Summary

Vulnerability in Cloud Foundry BOSH (CVE-2018-11083). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Cloud Foundry BOSH, versions v264 prior to v264.14.0 and v265 prior to v265.7.0 and v266 prior to v266.8.0 and v267 prior to v267.2.0, allows refresh tokens to be as access tokens when using UAA for authentication. A remote attacker with an admin refresh token given by UAA can be used to access BOSH resources without obtaining an access token, even if their user no longer has access to those resources.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-11083 has been found in Cloud Foundry BOSH.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cloud Foundry BOSH CVE-2018-11083" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2018-11083 (Cloud Foundry BOSH)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Cloud Foundry BOSH.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cloud Foundry BOSH.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Cloud Foundry BOSH を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
2
Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

advisory cloudfoundry.org