CVE-2019-16097
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 22.44% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- linuxfoundation/harbor
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 22.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3Third Party Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3Third Party Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.