GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4 Steeltoe's sensitive actuators (heapdump/env) only require Restricted permission
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50201
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint, Steeltoe.Management.EndpointBase
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269, CWE-285
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• NuGet Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint: < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• NuGet Steeltoe.Management.EndpointBase: < 3.4.0 → fixed in 3.4.0
Description
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()`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50201 Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50201 advisory
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/b39defa4db5f44f8696c456866b3a5b900d8d96b web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/da6c604decd992f61aeef763f5814102dcb088c7 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories package