Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-8218

Title: Cloudfoundry Routing-Release Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-8218.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Jun 13, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.58%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-8218: An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation routing-release versions prior to 0.142.0 and cf-release versions 203 to 231. Incomplete validation logic in JSON Web Token (JWT) libraries can allow unprivileged attackers to impersonate other users to the routing API, aka an "Unauthenticated JWT signing algorithm in routing" issue.

Impacted Vendors

cloudfoundry 2

pivotal 1

Reference Links

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-8218/ https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-8218/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns