GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-53jx-vvf9-4x38 StaticHandler disclosure of classpath resources on Windows when mounted on a wildcard route
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-24815
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.vertx:vertx-web
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2023-02-10
Affected packages
• Maven io.vertx:vertx-web: >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.8 → fixed in 4.3.8
Description
Summary
When running vertx web applications that serve files using `StaticHandler` on Windows Operating Systems and Windows File Systems, if the mount point is a wildcard (`*`) then an attacker can exfiltrate any class path resource.
Details
When computing the relative path to locate the resource, in case of wildcards, the code:
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/blob/62c0d66fa1c179ae6a4d57344631679a2b97e60f/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/Utils.java#L83
returns the user input (without validation) as the segment to lookup. Even though checks are performed to avoid escaping the sandbox, given that the input was not sanitized `\` are not properly handled and an attacker can build a path that is valid within the classpath.
PoC
https://github.com/adrien-aubert-drovio/vertx-statichandler-windows-traversal-path-vulnerability
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-24815 Vert.x-Web is a set of building blocks for building web applications in the java programming language. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/security/advisories/GHSA-53jx-vvf9-4x38 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24815 advisory
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/commit/9e3a783b1d1a731055e9049078b1b1494ece9c15 web
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web package
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/blob/62c0d66fa1c179ae6a4d57344631679a2b97e60f/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/Utils.java#L83 web