GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-vfvf-6gx5-mqv6 Incorrect Authorization in ORY Oathkeeper

HIGH Published 2021-06-24 Modified 2021-06-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-32701
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/ory/oathkeeper
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-863
Reviewed
2021-06-23

Affected packages

• Go github.com/ory/oathkeeper: >= 0.38.0-beta.2, < 0.38.12-beta.1 → fixed in 0.38.12-beta.1

Description

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. When you make a request to an endpoint that requires the scope `foo` using an access token granted with that `foo` scope, introspection will be valid and that token will be cached. The problem comes when a second requests to an endpoint that requires the scope `bar` is made before the cache has expired. Whether the token is granted or not to the `bar` scope, introspection will be valid. A patch will be released with `v0.38.12-beta.1`. Per default, caching is disabled for the `oauth2_introspection` authenticator. When caching is disabled, this vulnerability does not exist. The cache is checked in `func (a *AuthenticatorOAuth2Introspection) Authenticate(...)`. From `tokenFromCache()` it seems that it only validates the token expiration date, but ignores whether the token has or not the proper scopes. The vulnerability was introduced in PR #424. During review, we failed to require appropriate test coverage by the submitter which is the primary reason that the vulnerability passed the review process.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-32701 ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

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