Bug 2052573 (CVE-2022-24450) - CVE-2022-24450 nats-server: misusing the "dynamically provisioned sandbox accounts" feature authenticated user can obtain the privileges of the System account
Summary: CVE-2022-24450 nats-server: misusing the "dynamically provisioned sandbox acc...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-24450
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2056579 2057850 2057852 2057853 2057854 2057855 2057856 2057857 2057858 2057859 2057860 2057861 2057862 2057863 2057864 2057865 2057866 2057867 2057868 2057869 2057870 2057871 2057872 2057873 2057874 2057875 2057876 2076696 2076697 2076698 2076700 2085276 2085284 2085285 2085286 2085328 2087267 2092161
Blocks: 2052502
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-02-09 15:18 UTC by Vipul Nair
Modified: 2023-02-01 05:05 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nats-server 2.7.2
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A flaw was found in the NATS nats-server in an experimental feature that provides dynamically provisioned sandbox accounts that do not check the clients’ authorization. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of its valid account and switch over to another existing account without further authentication.
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Last Closed: 2022-08-29 19:55:54 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:0735 0 None None None 2022-03-03 06:58:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1476 0 None None None 2022-04-20 23:46:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1681 0 None None None 2022-05-03 16:43:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:4956 0 None None None 2022-06-09 02:06:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:5201 0 None None None 2022-06-27 17:03:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:5531 0 None None None 2022-07-07 14:48:11 UTC

Description Vipul Nair 2022-02-09 15:18:41 UTC 
NATS nats-server before 2.7.2 has Incorrect Access Control. Any authenticated user can obtain the privileges of the System account by misusing the "dynamically provisioned sandbox accounts" feature.

https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt
Comment 1 Borja Tarraso 2022-02-21 14:20:09 UTC 
Created nats-server tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2056579]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-03-03 06:58:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:0735 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0735
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-04-20 23:46:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:1476 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1476
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-03 16:43:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:1681 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1681
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-06-09 02:06:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:4956 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4956
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-06-27 17:03:31 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:5201 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5201
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-07-07 14:48:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:5531 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5531
Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-08-29 19:55:52 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-24450
Comment 10 Fields44 2023-02-01 05:05:12 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
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