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Cloud Foundry EUVDEUVD-2026-113753

| CVE-2026-59386 MEDIUM
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-10-30 vmware GHSA-4ppv-vpf6-gfrj
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vmware
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with SpaceSupporter role on target space
  2. Delivery
    Modify app start command or inject custom buildpack
  3. Exploit
    Trigger app staging/restart
  4. Execution
    Malicious buildpack action executes in app context
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate bound service credentials

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The attacker must already hold the SpaceSupporter role on the target Cloud Foundry space; the flaw is an authorization gap that lets that role perform start-command and buildpack-action changes reserved for SpaceDeveloper, which is then abused to read credentials of services bound to the app. Limiting factors: exploitation requires a valid account with an assigned SpaceSupporter role (not anonymous or remote-unauthenticated access), access to a space containing apps with bound services, and an app staging/restart event for the malicious start command or buildpack to execute - so impact is scoped to spaces where the attacker has been deliberately granted this role.

Impact

This is a genuine but contained privilege-escalation issue rather than a top-tier emergency. The input CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, 6.5) marks it as network-reachable and low-complexity but requiring privileges and no user interaction - consistent with the description, where the actor is an already-authenticated Cloud Foundry user holding the limited SpaceSupporter role who escalates to actions reserved for SpaceDeveloper. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), and no KEV listing, no EPSS score, and no PoC/exploit reference are present in the input, so there is no evidence of active or at-scale exploitation. The main caveat is a signal tension on privileges: the supplied vector uses PR:H, but SpaceSupporter is by design a lower-privilege role than SpaceDeveloper, so PR:L is arguably more faithful and would raise the real severity - the exact privilege model should be confirmed against the Cloud Foundry advisory. Overall this is a real, authenticated insider/role-boundary flaw with high confidentiality and integrity impact (service-credential disclosure) but a meaningful precondition (a granted SpaceSupporter role on a space), placing it as a planned-remediation priority rather than a drop-everything event.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated user who has only been granted the SpaceSupporter role on a Cloud Foundry space modifies a targeted application's start command or supplies a malicious/custom buildpack - actions that should require SpaceDeveloper privileges. When the app is (re)staged or restarted, the attacker's injected logic runs in the application context and reads the credentials of bound services, exposing them to the attacker. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the only reference is the Cloud Foundry Foundation advisory, not working exploit code.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026

Privilege escalation in Cloud Foundry's Cloud Controller API (CAPI) lets an account that holds only the SpaceSupporter role perform start-command and buildpack-action modifications that are supposed to require SpaceDeveloper privileges, and then abuse that capability to read the credentials of services bound to applications in the space. Deployments running the Cloud Foundry Controller (CAPI) and CF-Deployment are in scope per the published CPE data, and exploitation requires a valid account already granted SpaceSupporter on a space containing apps with bound services, plus an app staging or restart so the malicious start command or buildpack executes. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and there is no KEV listing; the reported priority is remediation this month, and the separate assessment classifies this as a genuine but contained privilege-escalation issue rather than a top-tier emergency.

RemediationAI

The available data does not state an exact fixed version, so obtain the patched CAPI and cf-deployment release from the Cloud Foundry advisory at https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2026-59386-credential-exposure-to-space-supporter/ and roll it out to all foundations; the reported priority calls for this within the current month, not as an emergency. Until the fix is applied, the actionable compensating control is to audit and tightly restrict who holds the SpaceSupporter role in each space, since a valid SpaceSupporter assignment is the prerequisite for the escalation; the trade-off is that trusted collaborators who legitimately rely on read-oriented space visibility lose that access. Restrict the same review to spaces that host applications with bound service instances, because those are the spaces where the credential-exposure impact materializes, and treat any unexpected change to an application's start command or buildpack actions as a potential indicator that the gap has been used.

Affected VersionsENISA

Cloud Foundry Controller (CAPI) 0 ≤1.247.0
cf-deployment 0 <v60.9.0

Affected Packages

euvd cloud_foundry_controller_capi no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Cloud Foundry enforces role-based authorization at the Cloud Controller API layer, with roles such as SpaceSupporter and SpaceDeveloper granting distinct capability sets inside a space. The flaw described is an authorization gap: endpoints that mutate an application's start command and its buildpack actions accept requests from a SpaceSupporter, which should only be able to operate with SpaceDeveloper privileges. Because start commands and custom buildpacks are executed inside the application's container at staging or restart time, and because bound service instances have their credentials delivered to that container, a modified start command or buildpack action provides a route to read and exfiltrate those service credentials. No CWE identifier is assigned in the supplied data; the behavior maps to a missing or incorrect role check on privileged application-mutation endpoints. The supplied sources do not describe the exact code path, validation order, or trigger mechanics beyond the role-check gap and the staging/restart execution requirement. The vendor's published vector scores this at 6.5 with PR:H, while the operational assessment lowers the privilege bar to PR:L (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) on the basis that a routine SpaceSupporter account is sufficient; both agree on network reachability, no user interaction, and high confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vmware) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Exploitable over the API (AV:N, AC:L) by an authenticated holder of the limited SpaceSupporter role, so PR:L not PR:H; credential disclosure and command/buildpack tampering give C:H/I:H, with no availability impact (A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (vmware).

CVSS VectorVendor: vmware

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

A SpaceSupporter could improperly modify an application's start command and buildpack-actions requiring SpaceDeveloper privileges. This privilege escalation enables unauthorized retrieval of service credentials through malicious start commands or custom buildpacks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise PaaS, significant adoption but not ubiquitous across environments
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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