{"id":"CVE-2019-16097","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16097","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:19:30.686Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2019-09-08T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:21:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["linuxfoundation/harbor"],"epss":{"score":0.22443,"percentile":0.97684,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0015.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/commit/b6db8a8a106259ec9a2c48be8a380cb3b37cf517","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0-rc1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.7.6","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.8.3","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16097","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}