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Quarkus HTTP vulnerable to incorrect evaluation of permissions

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 20, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 6, 2023

Package

maven io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.16.11.Final
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.6.Final
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3

Patched versions

2.16.11.Final
3.2.6.Final
3.3.3
maven io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization (Maven)
< 2.16.11.Final
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.6.Final
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3
2.16.11.Final
3.2.6.Final
3.3.3
maven io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow (Maven)
< 2.16.11.Final
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.6.Final
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3
2.16.11.Final
3.2.6.Final
3.3.3
maven io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http (Maven)
< 2.16.11.Final
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.6.Final
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3
2.16.11.Final
3.2.6.Final
3.3.3

Description

A flaw was found in Quarkus where HTTP security policies are not sanitizing certain character permutations correctly when accepting requests, resulting in incorrect evaluation of permissions. This issue could allow an attacker to bypass the security policy altogether, resulting in unauthorized endpoint access and possibly a denial of service.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 20, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 20, 2023
Reviewed Sep 21, 2023
Last updated Dec 6, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.374%
(73rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-4853

GHSA ID

GHSA-4f4r-wgv2-jjvg

Source code

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