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CVE-2016-8218 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation routing-release versions prior to 0.142.0 and cf-release versions 203 to 231. Incomplete validation logic in JSON Web Token (JWT) libraries can allow unprivileged attackers to impersonate other users to the routing API, aka an "Unauthenticated JWT signing algorithm in routing" issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-8218/	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-8218/	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cloudfoundry cf-release	<= 203 204 205 206 207
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:204:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:205:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:206:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:207:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:208:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:209:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:210:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:211:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:212:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:213:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:214:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:215:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:217:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:218:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:219:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:220:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:221:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:222:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:223:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:224:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:225:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:226:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:227:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:228:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:229:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:230:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-release:231:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
cloudfoundry routing-release	<= 0.141.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:routing-release:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2017	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jun 22, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]