Medium
Security advisory
core/api/user.go in Harbor 1.7.0 through 1.8.2 allows non-admin users to create admin accounts via the POST /api/users API, when Harbor is setup with DB as authentication backend and allow user to do self-registration. Fixed version: v1.7.6 v1.8.3. v.1.9.0. Workaround without applying the fix: configure Harbor to use non-DB authentication backend such as LDAP.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-16097
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
core/api/user.go in Harbor 1.7.0 through 1.8.2 allows non-admin users to create admin accounts via the POST /api/users API, when Harbor is setup with DB as authentication backend and allow user to do self-registration. Fixed version: v1.7.6 v1.8.3. v.1.9.0. Workaround without applying the fix: configure Harbor to use non-DB authentication backend such as LDAP.
osv:CVE-2019-16097
Complete source record
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