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CVE-2019-19023

Privilege Escalation

Severity
High 8.8
Published
3 Dec 2019
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.8.6, 1.9.3
Exploit chance
1.6% in the next 30 daysHigher than 76% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · Needs a user account · No user action needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Also known as
GHSA-3868-7c5x-4827
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

External Security Researchers have identified a privilege escalation critical vulnerability. The vulnerability allows a normal user to gain administrator account privileges by making an API call to modify the email address of a specific user. Subsequently they can reset the password for that email address and gain access to that account. The Harbor API did not enforce the proper permissions and scope on the API request to modify the email address. The vulnerability was immediately fixed by the Harbor team and all supported versions were patched.

Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to unauthorized access throughout the project

From goharbor/harbor's security advisory.

Workarounds

There is no workaround for this issue

Workarounds as given by goharbor/harbor's security advisory.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
HarborServers and applications · cpe:a:linuxfoundation:harbor
  • From 1.7.0 before 1.8.6
  • From 1.9.0 before 1.9.3
HarborServers and applications · github:goharbor/harbor
  • Version 1.7.*
  • Version 1.8.*
  • Version 1.9.*

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19023
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19023
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3868-7c5x-4827
  • github.com https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/security/advisories/GHSA-3868-7c5x-4827