Vulnerability · Published Jan 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-46740Insecure random string generator used for sensitive data

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity weak randomness in cubefs from cubefs. 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 38% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

CubeFS is an open-source cloud-native file storage system. Prior to version 3.3.1, CubeFS used an insecure random string generator to generate user-specific, sensitive keys used to authenticate users in a CubeFS deployment. This could allow an attacker to predict and/or guess the generated string and impersonate a user thereby obtaining higher privileges. When CubeFS creates new users, it creates a piece of sensitive information for the user called the “accessKey”. To create the "accesKey", CubeFS uses an insecure string generator which makes it easy to guess and thereby impersonate the created user. An attacker could leverage the predictable random string generator and guess a users access key and impersonate the user to obtain higher privileges. The issue has been fixed in v3.3.1. There is no other mitigation than to upgrade.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/cubefs/cubefs3.3.1GHSA-4248-p65p-hcrm
Gogithub.com/cubefs/cubefsno fix listedGO-2024-2431

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
cubefs cubefs < 3.3.1

Weakness: CWE-330 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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