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GHSA-px9h-x66r-8mpc

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published May 13, 2020·Last modified Jan 14, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Access to sensitive information available from classpath.

Patches

Patched version: 1.6.7 and 2.8.2

Commit 1.x: https://github.com/jooby-project/jooby/commit/34f526028e6cd0652125baa33936ffb6a8a4a009

Commit 2.x: https://github.com/jooby-project/jooby/commit/c81479de67036993f406ccdec23990b44b0bec32

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

References

Latest 1.x version: 1.6.6

Arbitrary class path resource access 1

When sharing a File System directory as in:

assets("/static/**", Paths.get("static"));

The class path is also searched for the file (org.jooby.handlers.AssetHandler.loader): jooby/AssetHandler.java at 1.x · jooby-project/jooby · GitHub

  private static Loader loader(final Path basedir, final ClassLoader classloader) {
    if (Files.exists(basedir)) {
      return name -> {
        Path path = basedir.resolve(name).normalize();
        if (Files.exists(path) && path.startsWith(basedir)) {
          try {
            return path.toUri().toURL();
          } catch (MalformedURLException x) {
            // shh
          }
        }
        return classloader.getResource(name);
      };
    }
    return classloader::getResource;
  }

If we send /static/WEB-INF/web.xml it will fail to load it from the file system but will go into classloader.getResource(name) where name equals /WEB-INF/web.xml so will succeed and return the requested file. This way we can get any configuration file or even the application class files

If assets are configured for a certain extension we can still bypass it. eg:

assets("/static/**/*.js", Paths.get("static"));

We can send:

http://localhost:8080/static/io/yiss/App.class.js

Arbitrary class path resource access 2

This vulnerability also affects assets configured to access resources from the root of the class path. eg:

assets("/static/**");

In this case we can traverse static by sending:

http://localhost:8080/static/..%252fio/yiss/App.class

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

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 low impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
4.9

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

EPSS
1.55%

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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