🛡️ CVE-2019-16097 — harbor

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-862 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Missing Authorization in Harbor

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. This is fixed in 1.9.0-rc1.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2019-16097 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2019-16097 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/goharbor/harbor

Timeline and source

Published on 15 February 2022 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com (Web)
www.vmware.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-862
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-02-15
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-03

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/goharbor/harbor — —

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