CVE-2019-16097

mediumpriority · track · 44OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.224 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

6 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

22.4% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USprimaryCWE-862US

exploits (6)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

dacade/cve-2019-16097cve-2019-1609PoC · poc_in_github
evilAdan0s/CVE-2019-16097CVE-2019-16097 PoCPoC · poc_in_github
ianxtianxt/CVE-2019-16097ianxtianxt/CVE-2019-16097PoC · poc_in_github
luckybool1020/CVE-2019-16097Harbor 未授权创建管理员漏洞原理 docker及poc[基于pocsuite框架]PoC · poc_in_github
rockmelodies/CVE-2019-16097-batchCVE-2019-16097-batchPoC · poc_in_github
theLSA/harbor-give-me-adminharbor(<1.7.6/1.8.3) privilege escalation (CVE-2019-16097)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation harbor= 1.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:harbor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/goharbor/harbor1.7.0 → 1.9.0-rc1osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/goharbor/harbor

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-9wvh-ff5f-xjpjMissing Authorization in Harbor2022-02-15ghsa · osvUS
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.
GO-2022-0818Missing Authorization in Harbor in github.com/goharbor/harbor2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
Missing Authorization in Harbor in github.com/goharbor/harbor

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-09-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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