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GHSA-j2pw-vp55-fqqj

CriticalCVSS 9.1 / 10
Published Feb 28, 2024·Last modified Mar 1, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

When Flask-AppBuilder is set to AUTH_TYPE AUTH_OID, allows an attacker to forge an HTTP request, that could deceive the backend into using any requested OpenID service. This vulnerability could grant an attacker unauthorised privilege access if a custom OpenID service is deployed by the attacker and accessible by the backend.

This vulnerability is only exploitable when the application is using the old (deprecated 10 years ago) OpenID 2.0 authorization protocol (which is very different from the popular OIDC - Open ID Connect - popular protocol used today). Currently, this protocol is regarded as legacy, with significantly reduced usage and not supported for several years by major authorization providers.

Patches

Upgrade to Flask-AppBuilder 4.3.11

Workarounds

If upgrade is not possible add the following to your config:

from flask import flash, redirect
from flask_appbuilder import expose
from flask_appbuilder.security.sqla.manager import SecurityManager
from flask_appbuilder.security.views import AuthOIDView
from flask_appbuilder.security.forms import LoginForm_oid

basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))


class FixedOIDView(AuthOIDView):
    @expose("/login/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def login(self, flag=True):
        form = LoginForm_oid()
        if form.validate_on_submit():
            identity_url = None
            for provider in self.appbuilder.sm.openid_providers:
                if provider.get("url") == form.openid.data:
                    identity_url = form.openid.data
            if identity_url is None:
                flash(self.invalid_login_message, "warning")
                return redirect(self.appbuilder.get_url_for_login)
        return super().login(flag=flag)

class FixedSecurityManager(SecurityManager):
    authoidview = FixedOIDView


FAB_SECURITY_MANAGER_CLASS = "config.FixedSecurityManager"
Risk Scores
Base Score
9.1

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 impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
8.3

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.86%

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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