OpenAPITools openapi-generator up to 7.5.x path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in OpenAPITools openapi-generator up to 7.5.x. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-35219. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenAPITools openapi-generator up to 7.5.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. Prior to version 7.6.0, attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability to read and delete files and folders from an arbitrary, writable directory as anyone can set the output folder when submitting the request via the `outputFolder` option. The issue was fixed in version 7.6.0 by removing the usage of the `outputFolder` option. No known workarounds are available.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-35219 since 05/14/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch edbb021aadae47dcfe690313ce5119faf77f800d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• OpenAPITools

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• openapi-generator

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/

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