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CRITICALFixed upstream

CVE-2023-44981

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Apache ZooKeeper.

Technology

Apache ZooKeeper

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10.0

Affected Versions

<3.7.2; >=3.8.0 <3.8.3; 3.9.0

Upstream Fix

See upstream advisory

Published

October 11, 2023

OSSeva Coverage

Fixed upstream

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Apache ZooKeeper. If SASL Quorum Peer authentication is enabled in ZooKeeper (quorum.auth.enableSasl=true), the authorization is done by verifying that the instance part in SASL authentication ID is listed in zoo.cfg server list. The instance part in SASL auth ID is optional and if it's missing, like 'eve@EXAMPLE.COM', the authorization check will be skipped. As a result an arbitrary endpoint could join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes to the leader, essentially giving it complete read-write access to the data tree. Quorum Peer authentication is not enabled

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