mediumCVSS 6.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-50201

### Summary All Steeltoe actuator endpoints default to `EndpointPermissions.Restricted`, which is mapped to Cloud Foundry's `read_basic_data` permission (granted to Space Auditors and similar low-trust roles). Sensitive actuators including heap dump, environment, and thread dump do not raise this to `EndpointPermissions.Full`, so CF's `read_sensitive_data` permission flag is not enforced for those endpoints. Spring Boot's equivalent Cloud Foundry integration gates these endpoints with `read_sensitive_data` by default. ### Impact Any CF user holding Space Auditor, Space Manager, or Org Auditor role can access the heap dump, environment, and thread dump actuators for any Steeltoe application in their space. A heap dump contains all in-memory data including database passwords, bearer tokens, and VCAP_SERVICES credentials. CF's `read_sensitive_data` permission, which is specifically designed to gate this access, has no effect. ### Affected configuration - Application is deployed on Cloud Foundry with CF actuator and security middleware active (added automatically by `AddAllActuators()` when a CF environment is detected). - The attacker holds a CF role that grants `read_basic_data`: Space Auditor, Space Manager, or Org Auditor. ### Mitigations If an immediate upgrade is not possible: - Explicitly set `RequiredPermissions = EndpointPermissions.Full` in the options for `HeapDumpEndpointOptions`, `EnvironmentEndpointOptions`, and `ThreadDumpEndpointOptions`. - If heap dump, thread dump, or environment are not needed in production, register only the required actuators individually instead of using `AddAllActuators()`.

Properties

severity
medium
summary
Steeltoe's sensitive actuators (heapdump/env) only require Restricted permission
epss_score
0.00231
cvss_score
6.5
ghsa_published
2026-07-02T20:31:26Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4
ghsa_updated
2026-07-02T20:31:28Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4
cve_id
CVE-2026-50201
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
is_ghsa_only
false
epss_percentile
0.14186

Related Entities (8)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (2)

[Software]nuget/Steeltoe.Management.EndpointBase
[Software]nuget/Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint

AFFECTS (2)

[Software]nuget/Steeltoe.Management.EndpointBase
[Software]nuget/Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

[Weakness]Improper Authorization
[Weakness]Improper Privilege Management

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