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GHSA-f598-mfpv-gmfx

CriticalCVSS 10 / 10
Published Feb 24, 2023·Last modified Nov 8, 2023
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Sequelize 6.28.2 and prior has a dangerous feature where using parentheses in the attribute option would make Sequelize use the string as-is in the SQL

User.findAll({
  attributes: [
    ['count(id)', 'count']
  ]
});

Produced

SELECT count(id) AS "count" FROM "users"

Patches

This feature was deprecated in Sequelize 5, and using it prints a deprecation warning.

This issue has been patched in @sequelize/core@7.0.0.alpha-20 and sequelize@6.29.0.

In Sequelize 7, it now produces the following:

SELECT "count(id)" AS "count" FROM "users"

In Sequelize 6, it throws an error explaining that we had to introduce a breaking change, and requires the user to explicitly opt-in to either the Sequelize 7 behavior (always escape) or the Sequelize 5 behavior (inline attributes that include () without escaping). See https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/pull/15710 for more information.

Mitigations

Do not use user-provided content to build your list or attributes. If you do, make sure that attribute in question actually exists on your model by checking that it exists in the rawAttributes property of your model first.


A discussion thread about this issue is open at https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/discussions/15694 CVE: CVE-2023-22578

Risk Scores
Base Score
10.0

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. 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 high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.1

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
0.83%

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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