CVE-2019-16097

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.

Published: Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2019-16097
GHSA: GHSA-9wvh-ff5f-xjpj
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-862

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.0	1.7.0.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.0-rc1	1.7.0-rc1.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.0-rc2	1.7.0-rc2.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.1	1.7.1.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.2	1.7.2.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.3	1.7.3.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.4	1.7.4.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.7.5	1.7.5.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.0	1.8.0.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.0-rc1	1.8.0-rc1.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.0-rc2	1.8.0-rc2.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.1	1.8.1.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.2	1.8.2.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.2-rc1	1.8.2-rc1.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.8.2-rc2	1.8.2-rc2.x
linuxfoundation / harbor	1.9.0-rc1	1.9.0-rc1.x
github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/core/api	1.7.0	1.9.0-rc1

Vulnerability Database

300,990

CVE-2019-16097

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