QID 982401

QID 982401: Go (go) Security Update for github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy (GHSA-4mf2-f3wh-gvf2)

Security update has been released for github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy,github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7 to fix the vulnerability.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_
For users that use the whitelist domain feature, a domain that ended in a similar way to the intended domain could have been allowed as a redirect.

For example, if a whitelist domain was configured for `.example.com`, the intention is that subdomains of `example.com` are allowed.
Instead, `example.com` and `badexample.com` could also match.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    _Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_
    This is fixed in version 7.0.0 onwards.Workaround:
    _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_
    Disable the whitelist domain feature and run separate OAuth2 Proxy instances for each subdomain.

    # Original Issue Posted by @semoac:

    Whitelist Domain feature is not working as expected because is not matching a dot to ensure the redirect is a subdomain.

    ## Expected Behavior

    If whitelist domain is set to `.example.com` , then `hack.alienexample.com` should be rejected as a valid redirect.

    ## Current Behavior

    The code is removing the `dot` from `.example.com` and only checking if the redirect string end with `example.com`

    ## Possible Solution
    Here
    https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/blob/c377466411f2aee180a732187edb638f2f7e57fb/oauthproxy.go#L661

    Include the dot when checking the string:
    ```
    strings.HasSuffix(redirectHostname, "." + domainHostname)
    ```

    ## Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

    ```
    package main

    import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    )

    func validOptionalPort(port string) bool {
    if port == "" || port == ":*" {
    return true
    }
    if port[0] != ':' {
    return false
    }
    for _, b := range port[1:] {
    if b < '0' || b > '9' {
    return false
    }
    }
    return true
    }

    func splitHostPort(hostport string) (host, port string) {
    host = hostport

    colon := strings.LastIndexByte(host, ':')
    if colon != -1 && validOptionalPort(host[colon:]) {
    host, port = host[:colon], host[colon+1:]
    }

    if strings.HasPrefix(host, "[") && strings.HasSuffix(host, "]") {
    host = host[1 : len(host)-1]
    }

    return
    }

    func main() {
    domain := ".example.com"
    domainHostname, _ := splitHostPort(strings.TrimLeft(domain, "."))
    redirectHostname := "https://hack.alienexample.com"
    if (strings.HasPrefix(domain, ".") && strings.HasSuffix(redirectHostname, domainHostname)) { fmt.Println("This should not have happen.")}
    }

    ```

    Users of `github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy` are advised to update to `github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7`
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 982401

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-4mf2-f3wh-gvf2 github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mf2-f3wh-gvf2
    GHSA-4mf2-f3wh-gvf2 github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7 URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mf2-f3wh-gvf2
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