GHSA-fgmc-2hqj-86v4 Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration

• PyPI vantage6: < 5.0.0 → fixed in 5.0.0

Impact Vantage6 currently provides an initial user with username `root` and password `root`. This is not ideal for the following reasons: • Attackers know that almost all vantage6 servers have a user with username `root` that probably has admin rights • The initial password is very weak and it is possible that administrators forget to reset it. Patches No Workarounds It is possible to delete the `root` user after it has been used to create other users References We could consider doing this like mongodb Additional info Luis uses the following patch to mitigate it: ```diff diff --git a/vantage6-server/vantage6/server/__init__.py b/vantage6-server/vantage6/server/__init__.py index ea362c1e..c6dcbbd9 100644 --- a/vantage6-server/vantage6/server/__init__.py +++ b/vantage6-server/vantage6/server/__init__.py @@ -618,18 +618,30 @@ class ServerApp: # TODO use constant instead of 'Root' literal root = db.Role.get_by_name("Root") • log.warn( • f"Creating root user: " • f"username={SUPER_USER_INFO['username']}, " • f"password={SUPER_USER_INFO['password']}" • ) + # Temporary patch + # read initial root password from file (docker secret) if provided + # TODO: This is a workaround so we don't have an insecure vserver + # at the start. Ideally, we would provide an already hashed + # password. But as hashing is implemented via @validates on + # the field 'password', there isn't a nice way around this. + if os.environ.get("V6_INITIAL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE"): + with open( + os.environ.get("V6_INITIAL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE") + ) as password_file: + initial_root_password = password_file.read().strip() + log.info( + f"Creating root user with password provided via V6_INITIAL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE" + ) + else: + initial_root_password = SUPER_USER_INFO["password"] + log.warn(f"Creating root user with default credentials!") user = db.User( username=SUPER_USER_INFO["username"], roles=[root], organization=org, email="[email protected]", • password=SUPER_USER_INFO["password"], + password=initial_root_password, failed_login_attempts=0, last_login_attempt=None, ) ```