CVE-2019-19029
Harbor vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Harbor prior to versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.3 contained a SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2019-19029) in the VMware Harbor Container Registry for the Pivotal Platform. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Cure53 in December 2019 (VMware Advisory, GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a SQL Injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue specifically affects the user-groups functionality in the application (NVD).

Impact

A user with Project-Admin capabilities can exploit this SQL Injection vulnerability to read secrets from the underlying database or conduct privilege escalation (GitHub Advisory, VMware Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in Harbor versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.3. Users are advised to update to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this issue (GitHub Advisory, VMware Advisory).

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