GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-2ccf-ffrj-m4qw CSRF token fixation in fastify-passport
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-29020
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @fastify/passport
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
- Reviewed
- 2023-04-21
Affected packages
• npm @fastify/passport: < 1.1.0 → fixed in 1.1.0
• npm @fastify/passport: >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.0 → fixed in 2.3.0
Description
The CSRF protection enforced by the `@fastify/csrf-protection` library, when combined with `@fastify/passport`, can be bypassed by network and same-site attackers.
Details
`fastify/csrf-protection` implements the synchronizer token pattern (using plugins `@fastify/session` and `@fastify/secure-session`) by storing a random value used for CSRF token generation in the `_csrf` attribute of a user's session.
The `@fastify/passport` library does not clear the session object upon authentication, preserving the `_csrf` attribute between pre-login and authenticated sessions. Consequently, CSRF tokens generated before authentication are still valid. Network and same-site attackers can thus obtain a CSRF token for their pre-session, fixate that pre-session in the victim's browser via cookie tossing, and then perform a CSRF attack after the victim authenticates.
Fix
As a solution, newer versions of `@fastify/passport` include the configuration options
• `clearSessionOnLogin (default: true)` and
• `clearSessionIgnoreFields (default: ['session'])`
to clear all the session attributes by default, preserving those explicitly defined in `clearSessionIgnoreFields`.
Credits
• Pedro Adão (@pedromigueladao), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
• Marco Squarcina (@lavish), Security & Privacy Research Unit, TU Wien
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-29020 @fastify/passport is a port of passport authentication library for the Fastify ecosystem. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify-passport/security/advisories/GHSA-2ccf-ffrj-m4qw web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29020 advisory
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify-passport/commit/07c90feab9cba0dd4779e47cfb0717a7e2f01d3d web
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#synchronizer-token-pattern web
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify-passport package
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf web