GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4
Steeltoe's sensitive actuators (heapdump/env) only require Restricted permission
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint | < 4.2.0 | 4.2.0 |
| NuGet | Steeltoe.Management.EndpointBase | < 3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### 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()`.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-227r-jm2g-7cp4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50201
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/b39defa4db5f44f8696c456866b3a5b900d8d96b
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/da6c604decd992f61aeef763f5814102dcb088c7
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories