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High · 7.5 CVE-2021-32701 EUVD-2021-1410GHSA-qvp4-rpmr-xwrrGHSA-vfvf-6gx5-mqv6GO-2022-0406GO-2022-0920

Possible bypass of token claim validation when OAuth2 Introspection caching is enabled

Published Jun 22, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. When you make a request to an endpoint that requires the scope `foo` using an access token granted with that `foo` scope, introspection will be valid and that token will be cached. The problem comes when a second requests to an endpoint that requires the scope `bar` is made before the cache has expired. Whether the token is granted or not to the `bar` scope, introspection will be valid. A patch will be released with `v0.38.12-beta.1`. Per default, caching is disabled for the `oauth2_introspection` authenticator. When caching is disabled, this vulnerability does not exist. The cache is checked in [`func (a *AuthenticatorOAuth2Introspection) Authenticate(...)`](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/blob/6a31df1c3779425e05db1c2a381166b087cb29a4/pipeline/authn/authenticator_oauth2_introspection.go#L152). From [`tokenFromCache()`](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/blob/6a31df1c3779425e05db1c2a381166b087cb29a4/pipeline/authn/authenticator_oauth2_introspection.go#L97) it seems that it only validates the token expiration date, but ignores whether the token has or not the proper scopes. The vulnerability was introduced in PR #424. During review, we failed to require appropriate test coverage by the submitter which is the primary reason that the vulnerability passed the review process.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ory oathkeeper >=v0.38.0-beta.2, < v0.38.12-beta.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/ory/oathkeeper >= 0.38.0-beta.2, < 0.38.12-beta.1 0.38.12-beta.1 GHSA-qvp4-rpmr-xwrr

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