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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8038

In Cloud Foundry Foundation Credhub-release version 1.1.0, access control lists (ACLs) enforce whether an authenticated user can perform an operation on a credential. For installations using ACLs, the ACL was bypassed for the CredHub interpolate endpoint, allowing authenticated applications to view any credential within the CredHub installation.

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CVE-2017-8038
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1 Nov 2026, 08:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-8038

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Nov 2017, 10:29 UTC

In Cloud Foundry Foundation Credhub-release version 1.1.0, access control lists (ACLs) enforce whether an authenticated user can perform an operation on a credential. For installations using ACLs, the ACL was bypassed for the CredHub interpolate endpoint, allowing authenticated applications to view any credential within the CredHub installation.

osv:CVE-2017-8038
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8038",
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    "summary": "In Cloud Foundry Foundation Credhub-release version 1.1.0, access control lists (ACLs) enforce whether an authenticated user can perform an operation on a credential. For installations using ACLs, the ACL was bypassed for the CredHub interpolate endpoint, allowing authenticated applications to view any credential within the CredHub installation.",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:34.811358061Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2017-8038/"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442312,
  "published_at": "2017-11-27T10:29:00.813+00:00"
}