CVE-2023-45823

Arbitrary file read in Artifact Hub

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Artifact Hub is a web-based application that enables finding, installing, and publishing packages and configurations for CNCF projects. During a security audit of Artifact Hub's code base a security researcher identified a bug in which by using symbolic links in certain kinds of repositories loaded into Artifact Hub, it was possible to read internal files. Artifact Hub indexes content from a variety of sources, including git repositories. When processing git based repositories, Artifact Hub clones the repository and, depending on the artifact kind, reads some files from it. During this process, in some cases, no validation was done to check if the file was a symbolic link. This made possible to read arbitrary files in the system, potentially leaking sensitive information. This issue has been resolved in version `1.16.0`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Artifact Hub es una aplicación basada en web que permite buscar, instalar y publicar paquetes y configuraciones para proyectos CNCF. Durante una auditoría de seguridad del código base de Artifact Hub, un investigador de seguridad identificó un error en el que, mediante el uso de enlaces simbólicos en ciertos tipos de repositorios cargados en Artifact Hub, era posible leer archivos internos. Artifact Hub indexa contenido de una variedad de fuentes, incluidos repositorios de git. Al procesar repositorios basados en git, Artifact Hub clona el repositorio y, según el tipo de artefacto, lee algunos archivos del mismo. Durante este proceso, en algunos casos, no se realizó ninguna validación para verificar si el archivo era un enlace simbólico. Esto hizo posible leer archivos arbitrarios en el system, potencialmente filtrando información confidencial. Este problema se resolvió en la versión `1.16.0`. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen. No se conocen workarounds para esta vulnerabilidad.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-10-13 CVE Reserved
2023-10-19 CVE Published
2024-09-12 CVE Updated
2024-09-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/artifact-hub/artifact-hub?modal=changelog&version=1.16.0	Product
https://github.com/artifacthub/hub/security/advisories/GHSA-hmq4-c2r4-5q8h	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Artifacthub Search vendor "Artifacthub"		Hub Search vendor "Artifacthub" for product "Hub"				< 1.16.0 Search vendor "Artifacthub" for product "Hub" and version " < 1.16.0"		-		Affected