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SCA: security update for github.com/goharbor/harbor (GHSA-9wvh-ff5f-xjpj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413526

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2019-16097)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wvh-ff5f-xjpj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413526

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16097

cwe: CWE-862