Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Pivotal CredHub Service Broker

HIGH 8.1CVE-2018-15795 · GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh · Published 13/11/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-15795 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core, credhub service broker (pivotal software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 70.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.1.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core Maven	`< 1.1.0`	`1.1.0`
credhub service broker pivotal_software	`< 1.1.0`	`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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15795 · ADVISORY
GitHub Advisory GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh · ADVISORY
pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15795 · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/105915 · WEB

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