Apache Jackrabbit Oak up to 1.22.0 Password information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apache Jackrabbit Oak up to 1.22.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Password Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-1940. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apache Jackrabbit Oak up to 1.22.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The optional initial password change and password expiration features present in Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.0 to 1.22.0 are prone to a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability. The code mandates the changed password to be passed as an additional attribute to the credentials object but does not remove it upon processing during the first phase of the authentication. In combination with additional, independent authentication mechanisms, this may lead to the new password being disclosed.

The weakness was presented 01/28/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1940 since 12/02/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Jackrabbit Oak

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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