ghsa-rvp4-r3g6-8hxq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-06-20 22:33
Modified
2023-08-08 20:30
Summary
Insufficiently Protected Credentials via Insecure Temporary File in org.apache.nifi:nifi-single-user-utils
Details

Impact

org.apache.nifi.authentication.single.user.writer.StandardLoginCredentialsWriter contains a local information disclosure vulnerability due to writing credentials (username and password) to a file that is readable by all other users on unix-like systems. On unix-like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. As such, files written to that directory without setting the correct file permissions can allow other users on that system to view the contents of the files written to those temporary files.

Source

An insecure temporary file is created here: - https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/6a1c7c72d5b91b9ce5d5cb5b86e3155d21e2c19b/nifi-commons/nifi-single-user-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/authentication/single/user/writer/StandardLoginCredentialsWriter.java#L75

The username and password credentials are written to this file here: - https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/6a1c7c72d5b91b9ce5d5cb5b86e3155d21e2c19b/nifi-commons/nifi-single-user-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/authentication/single/user/writer/StandardLoginCredentialsWriter.java#L85-L95

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.16.

Prerequisites

This vulnerability impacts Unix-like systems, and very old versions of Mac OSX and Windows as they all share the system temporary directory between all users.

Workarounds

Setting the java.io.tmpdir system environment variable to a directory that is exclusively owned by the executing user will fix this vulnerability for all operating systems.

References

  • https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-9785
  • https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/859d5fe
  • https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/5856
  • https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2022-26850
  • https://twitter.com/JLLeitschuh/status/1511736635645435904?s=20&t=I3w3zF6Y2DUvWYsEFqERjg
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      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "org.apache.nifi:nifi-single-user-utils"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-26850"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-522"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-20T22:33:41Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-04-06T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\n`org.apache.nifi.authentication.single.user.writer.StandardLoginCredentialsWriter` contains a local information disclosure vulnerability due to writing credentials (username and password) to a file that is readable by all other users on unix-like systems. On unix-like systems, the system\u0027s temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. As such, files written to that directory without setting the correct file permissions can allow other users on that system to view the contents of the files written to those temporary files.\n\n### Source\n\nAn insecure temporary file is created here:\n - https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/6a1c7c72d5b91b9ce5d5cb5b86e3155d21e2c19b/nifi-commons/nifi-single-user-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/authentication/single/user/writer/StandardLoginCredentialsWriter.java#L75\n\nThe username and password credentials are written to this file here:\n - https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/6a1c7c72d5b91b9ce5d5cb5b86e3155d21e2c19b/nifi-commons/nifi-single-user-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/authentication/single/user/writer/StandardLoginCredentialsWriter.java#L85-L95\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been patched in version `1.16`.\n\n### Prerequisites\n\nThis vulnerability impacts Unix-like systems, and very old versions of Mac OSX and Windows as they all share the system temporary directory between all users.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nSetting the `java.io.tmpdir` system environment variable to a directory that is exclusively owned by the executing user will fix this vulnerability for all operating systems.\n\n### References\n\n - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-9785\n - https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/859d5fe\n - https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/5856\n - https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2022-26850\n - https://twitter.com/JLLeitschuh/status/1511736635645435904?s=20\u0026t=I3w3zF6Y2DUvWYsEFqERjg",
  "id": "GHSA-rvp4-r3g6-8hxq",
  "modified": "2023-08-08T20:30:32Z",
  "published": "2022-06-20T22:33:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-rvp4-r3g6-8hxq"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26850"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/859d5fe"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/859d5fe8cfe05ad24600b021f0ebf15753a8105c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2022-26850"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/06/2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Insufficiently Protected Credentials via Insecure Temporary File in org.apache.nifi:nifi-single-user-utils"
}


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