CVE-2019-16097
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2019-09-08
- WeaknessCWE-862
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2019-09-0816:15CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-16097?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-16097?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | = 1.7.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.7 | = 1.7.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.7 | = 1.7.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.7 | = 1.7.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.7 | = 1.7.4 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.7 | = 1.7.5 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.8 | = 1.8.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.8 | = 1.8.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.8 | = 1.8.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.9 | = 1.9.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.x | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.9.0-rc1 | 1.9.0-rc1 | OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 6 repositories, unverifiedevilAdan0s/CVE-2019-16097rockmelodies/CVE-2019-16097-batchianxtianxt/CVE-2019-16097dacade/cve-2019-16097theLSA/harbor-give-me-admin PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-862read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score22.3 %read 2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept6read 2026-10-23
- OSVaffected packages—
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Published
- 2019-09-08
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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