The UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Login-server, UAA release v10 and earlier versions and Pivotal Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2 is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to multiple active codes at a given time
Published May 25, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.19%
Description
The UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Login-server, UAA release v10 and earlier versions and Pivotal Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2 is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to multiple active codes at a given time. This vulnerability is applicable only when using the UAA internal user store for authentication. Deployments enabled for integration via SAML or LDAP are not affected.
Affected products
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- Version All versions of Login-serverStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version UAA release v10 and earlier versionsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versionsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version release v236 and earlier versionsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pivotal | Cloud Foundry | n/a |
|
- ≤ 10
- ≤ 236
- ≤ 1.7.1
- ≤ 3.3.0
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 66.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 63.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 54.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00228) | 61.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00228) | 61.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00207) | 56.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fm5c-2rwc-887w Advisory
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/14350228989e2aee900b8d48a848293bb5152b6f
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/1d3ad7399d010f6a29dc3bf8139d792121301ab8
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/460627ed419e4227b10ff121248b3ffc009011a9
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/4a119d314744460ed56bcd740b2e913bf3f560c1
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/5c2377487bef9d716d5c8e5717df1fc00bc7b000
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/66132926f1bac0b878da5841be2f93fa5075d88f
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/commit/b3834364ab573e9655348193780a56a602fe87b7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3084
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-3084 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
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