Terraform
CVE-2019-19316
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V12 - Secure Communication Transport encryption
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-319. When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP. Affected products include: Hashicorp Terraform. Version information: prior to 0.12.17.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Improper validation of parameters in GitLab CE/EE's Terraform state upload functionality allows an authenticated user ho
aws/resource_aws_iam_user_login_profile.go in the HashiCorp Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) provider through v1.12.0
HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API
Terraform version 1.0.8 through 1.5.6 allows arbitrary file write during the `init` operation if run on maliciously craf
The Terraform Provider for Linode prior to version 3.9.0 exposes sensitive credentials including passwords and API token
Terraform state versions can be created by a user with specific but insufficient permissions in a Terraform Enterprise w
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