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GHSA-627p-rr78-99rj GitLab auth uses full name instead of username as user ID, allowing impersonation

HIGH Published 2021-12-20 Modified 2025-07-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-5415
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/concourse/concourse, github.com/concourse/dex
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-290
Reviewed
2021-05-24

Affected packages

• Go github.com/concourse/concourse: >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.1 → fixed in 6.4.1 • Go github.com/concourse/concourse: >= 1.6.1, < 6.3.1 → fixed in 6.3.1 • Go github.com/concourse/dex: >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.1 → fixed in 6.4.1 • Go github.com/concourse/dex: >= 0.0.0, < 6.3.1 → fixed in 6.3.1 • Go github.com/concourse/dex: < 0.0.0-20200730150203-821b48abfd88 → fixed in 0.0.0-20200730150203-821b48abfd88 • Go github.com/concourse/concourse: < 0.0.0-20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576 → fixed in 0.0.0-20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576 • Go github.com/concourse/concourse: >= 0.0.0, < 1.6.1-0.20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576 → fixed in 1.6.1-0.20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576

Description

Impact Installations which use the GitLab auth connector are vulnerable to identity spoofing by way of configuring a GitLab account with the same full name as another GitLab user who is granted access to a Concourse team by having their full name listed under `users` in the team configuration or given to the `--gitlab-user` flag. See the GitLab auth docs for details. Concourse installations which do not configure the GitLab auth connector are not affected. Patches Concourse v6.3.1 and v6.4.1 were both released with a fix on August 4th, 2020. Both versions change the GitLab connector to use the username, rather than the full name. This was always the intent, and the previous behavior was originally reported as a bug (concourse/dex#7) prior to being reported as a security issue. Any Concourse teams which configure GitLab users will have to switch each user from their full name to their username upon upgrading to these versions. Workarounds GitLab groups do not have this vulnerability, so GitLab users may be moved into groups which are then configured in the Concourse team. References • concourse/dex#12: PR with the fix For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, you may reach us privately at [email protected].

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-5415 Concourse, versions prior to 6.3.1 and 6.4.1, in installations which use the GitLab auth connector, is vulnerable to identity spoofing by… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness

References