CVE-2022-21696

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-21696
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-18 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-24 20:26:00 UTC
DescriptionOnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions it is possible to change the username to that of another chat participant with an additional space character at the end of the name string. An adversary with access to the chat environment can use the rename feature to impersonate other participants by adding whitespace characters at the end of the username.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Onionshare Onionshare All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OTF-005: Improper Input Sanitation: It is possible to change the username to that of another chat participant with an additional space character at the end of the name string · Advisory · onionshare/onionshare · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Release OnionShare 2.5 · onionshare/onionshare · GitHub MISC github.com
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