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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-15761

Cloud Foundry UAA release, versions prior to v64.0, and UAA, versions prior to 4.23.0, contains a validation error which allows for privilege escalation. A remote authenticated user may modify the url and content of a consent page to gain a token with arbitrary scopes that escalates their privileges.

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CVE-2018-15761
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1 Nov 2026, 04:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-15761

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Nov 2018, 14:29 UTC

Cloud Foundry UAA release, versions prior to v64.0, and UAA, versions prior to 4.23.0, contains a validation error which allows for privilege escalation. A remote authenticated user may modify the url and content of a consent page to gain a token with arbitrary scopes that escalates their privileges.

osv:CVE-2018-15761
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.890970215Z",
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