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GHSA-99j5-fvg3-54pm CVE-2022-3327 PYSEC-2022-42977

Rdiffweb is missing authentication for critical function

Critical PyPI
Severity
0.0 / 10
Critical · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
1.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 62.98% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Fix
2.5.0
Upgrade rdiffweb to this version or later

Description

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.0.

Affected versions

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
rdiffweb
< 2.5.0
2.5.0
rdiffweb
< 2.4.10
2.4.10

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

rdiffweb PyPI → 2.5.0

pip
pip install --upgrade "rdiffweb>=2.5.0"
poetry
poetry add "rdiffweb>=2.5.0"
uv
uv add "rdiffweb>=2.5.0"

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
High
Availability (vulnerable system)
High
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

CVSS 3.1 9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Weakness

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Divide the software into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Identify which of these areas require a proven user identity, and use a centralized authentication capability. Identify all potential communication channels, or other means of interaction with the software, to ensure that all channels are appropriately protected, including those channels that are assumed to be accessible only by authorized parties. Developers sometimes perform authentication at the primary channel, but open up a secondary channel that is assumed to be private. For example, a login mechanism may be listening on one network port, but after successful authentication, it may open up a second port where it waits for the connection, but avoids authentication because it assumes that only the authenticated party will connect to the port. In general, if the software or protocol allows a single session or user state to persist across multiple connections or channels, authentication and appropriate credential management need to be used throughout.
  • Architecture and Design: For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
  • Architecture and Design: Where possible, avoid implementing custom, "grow-your-own" authentication routines and consider using authentication capabilities as provided by the surrounding framework, operating system, or environment. These capabilities may avoid common weaknesses that are unique to authentication; support automatic auditing and tracking; and make it easier to provide a clear separation between authentication tasks and authorization tasks. In environments such as the World Wide Web, the line between authentication and authorization is sometimes blurred. If custom authentication routines are required instead of those provided by the server, then these routines must be applied to every single page, since these pages could be requested directly.
  • Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator [REF-45].
  • Implementation, System Configuration, Operation: When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to require strong authentication for users who should be allowed to access the data [REF-1297] [REF-1298] [REF-1302].

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-v4gp-hf5j-4566
IKUS Rdiffweb allows an attacker with any valid or stolen access token to act as other users
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-c4rv-2j6x-pq7x
Rdiffweb Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx
RDiffWeb vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-wf33-6x33-wcf9
rdiffweb vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-m8r9-qxx8-mrxp
rdiffweb Improper Access Control vulnerability
Critical Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-h5wp-jrqc-cwwx
rdiffweb vulnerable to Open Redirect
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-83pm-7v48-5jp4
rdiffweb vulnerable to Special Element Injection
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-7q4r-x5qg-mmcp
rdiffweb has no rate limit on resend email feature
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
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