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CVE-2019-16097 — Batch exploit script for CVE-2019-16097, targeting Harbor container registry to create unauthorized admin accounts via crafted API requests. | Kitploit
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CVE-2019-16097

Batch exploit script for CVE-2019-16097, targeting Harbor container registry to create unauthorized admin accounts via crafted API requests.

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CVE-2019-16097-batch

Batch vulnerability exploitation script

Add target addresses in batch to the url.txt file

http://1.1.1.1 http://2.2.2.2

Run this script with Python. The final verification results can be seen in result.txt.

Vulnerability Background

Recently, the image registry Harbor exposed an arbitrary administrator registration vulnerability. Attackers can construct a specific string in the request and directly create an administrator account without authorization, thereby taking over the Harbor image registry. Upon receiving the news, we quickly verified the vulnerability. The official announcement has been released, and the latest versions 1.7.6 and 1.8.3 have fixed this vulnerability. Users who use it are advised to upgrade to a secure version as soon as possible.

Vulnerability Description

Harbor is an enterprise-level Registry server for storing and distributing Docker images. There is a security vulnerability in the core/api/user.go file in Harbor versions 1.7.0 through 1.8.2. By adding key parameters to the request, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to create an administrator account and thus take over the Harbor image registry.

Affected Versions

Harbor versions 1.7.0 through 1.8.2

Vulnerability Reproduction

We successfully reproduced this vulnerability by writing a batch verification script. file

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Security Recommendations

Upgrade Harbor version to 1.7.6 and 1.8.3

Reference download link: https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases

Reference Links

https://github.com/evilAdan0s/CVE-2019-16097

https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/issues/8951

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/critical-vulnerability-in-harbor-enables-privilege-escalation-from-zero-to-admin-cve-2019-16097/

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