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GHSA-8579-7p32-f398

MediumCVSS 6.5 / 10
Published Jan 3, 2024·Last modified Nov 18, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

A vulnerability was found during in the CubeFS master component that could allow an untrusted attacker to steal user passwords by carrying out a timing attack. The root case of the vulnerability was that CubeFS used raw string comparison of passwords.

The vulnerable part of CubeFS was the UserService of the master component. The UserService gets instantiated when starting the server of the master component.

CubeFS has not seen any evidence of this being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability was found during a security audit conducted by Ada Logics in collaboration with OSTIF and the CNCF.

The issue has been patched in v3.3.1. For impacted users, there is no other way to mitigate the issue besides upgrading.

Risk Scores
Base Score
6.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a low impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.0

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.35%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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