GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-7j98-74jh-cjxh Privilege escalation for users that can access mock configuration

MEDIUM Published 2024-01-16 Modified 2024-10-25 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-6395
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
templated_dictionary
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-94
Reviewed
2024-01-25

Affected packages

• PyPI templated_dictionary: < 1.4.1 → fixed in 1.4.1

Description

The Mock software contains a vulnerability wherein an attacker could potentially exploit privilege escalation, enabling the execution of arbitrary code with root user privileges. This weakness stems from the absence of proper sandboxing during the expansion and execution of Jinja2 templates, which may be included in certain configuration parameters. While the Mock documentation advises treating users added to the mock group as privileged, certain build systems invoking mock on behalf of users might inadvertently permit less privileged users to define configuration tags. These tags could then be passed as parameters to mock during execution, potentially leading to the utilization of Jinja2 templates for remote privilege escalation and the execution of arbitrary code as the root user on the build server.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-6395 The Mock software contains a vulnerability wherein an attacker could potentially exploit privilege escalation, enabling the execution of… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References