CVE-2023-44981

Summary

CVECVE-2023-44981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-11 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-01 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAuthorization 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 '[email protected]', 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 by default. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.1, 3.8.3, 3.7.2, which fixes the issue. Alternately ensure the ensemble election/quorum communication is protected by a firewall as this will mitigate the issue. See the documentation for more details on correct cluster administration.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-639

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Zookeeper All All All All
Application Apache Zookeeper 3.9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2023-44981: Apache ZooKeeper: Authorization bypass in SASL Quorum Peer Authentication MISC www.openwall.com
lists.apache.org/thread/wf0yrk84dg1942z1o74kd8nycg6pgm5b MISC lists.apache.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5544-1 zookeeper MISC www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3624-1] zookeeper security update MISC lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 200055 Ubuntu Security Notification for ZooKeeper Vulnerabilities (USN-6559-1)
  • 6000252 Debian Security Update for zookeeper (DLA 3624-1)
  • 6000311 Debian Security Update for zookeeper (DSA 5544-1)
  • 691372 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for apache (2bc376c0-977e-11ee-b4bc-b42e991fc52e)
  • 995568 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper (GHSA-7286-pgfv-vxvh)
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