In a recent audit of open-source web applications, threat researchers from Unit 42 have identified a broken object-level authorization (BOLA) vulnerability that impacts Harbor versions prior to 2.9.5.
Harbor is a widely used cloud-native container registry that plays a role in cloud environments by hosting container images and providing features such as role-based access control (RBAC), vulnerability scanning and image signing. It is an open-source CNCF Graduated project with over 22,600 stars and 1.8 million downloads. The vulnerability Unit 42 identified is tracked as CVE-2024-22278, with a CVSS score of 6.4.
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Source: Palo Alto Unit 42
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