CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2023-25559

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. When not using authentication for the metadata service, which is the default configuration, the Metadata service (GMS) will use the X-DataHub-Actor HTTP header to infer the user the frontend is sending the request on behalf of. When the backends retrieves the header, its name is retrieved in a case-insensitive way. This case differential can be abused by an attacker to smuggle an X-DataHub-Actor header with different casing (eg: X-DATAHUB-ACTOR). This issue may lead to an authorization bypass by allowing any user to impersonate the system user account and perform any actions on its behalf. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by the GitHub Security lab and is tracked as GHSL-2022-079.

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/datahub-project/datahub/security/advisories/GHSA-qgp2-qr66-j8r8 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:datahub_project:datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2023-02-11 01:23

Updated : 2023-02-21 08:00

NVD link : CVE-2023-25559

Mitre link : CVE-2023-25559

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-863