Envoy up to 1.9.0 Access Control Policy access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Envoy up to 1.9.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Access Control Policy. Executing a manipulation with the input something/../admin can lead to access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-9901. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Envoy up to 1.9.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Access Control Policy. The manipulation with the input value something/../admin leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not normalize HTTP URL paths. A remote attacker may craft a relative path, e.g., something/../admin, to bypass access control, e.g., a block on /admin. A backend server could then interpret the non-normalized path and provide an attacker access beyond the scope provided for by the access control policy.

The bug was discovered 03/30/2019. The weakness was shared 04/25/2019 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9901 since 03/21/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 26 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry VDB-134073 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/21/2019 🔍
03/30/2019 +9 days 🔍
04/25/2019 +26 days 🔍
04/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/07/2023 +1595 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6435
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-9901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134074
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/26/2019 07:18
Updated: 09/07/2023 09:26
Changes: 04/26/2019 07:18 (56), 06/02/2020 11:47 (2), 09/07/2023 09:21 (4), 09/07/2023 09:26 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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