Vulnerability · Published Dec 29, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2023-51663Hail authentication can be bypassed by changing email address
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in hail from hail-is. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Hail is an open-source, general-purpose, Python-based data analysis tool with additional data types and methods for working with genomic data. Hail relies on OpenID Connect (OIDC) email addresses from ID tokens to verify the validity of a user's domain, but because users have the ability to change their email address, they could create accounts and use resources in clusters that they should not have access to. For example, a user could create a Microsoft or Google account and then change their email to `test@example.org`. This account can then be used to create a Hail Batch account in Hail Batch clusters whose organization domain is `example.org`. The attacker is not able to access private data or impersonate another user, but they would have the ability to run jobs if Hail Batch billing projects are enabled and create Azure Tenants if they have Azure Active Directory Administrator access.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | hail | 0.2.127 | GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw |
| PyPI | hail | 0.2.127 | PYSEC-2023-271 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-289 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://github.com/hail-is/hail/security/advisories/GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw x_refsource_CONFIRM