altair up to 8.0.4 Authorization Token certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in altair up to 8.0.4. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Authorization Token Handler. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-54147. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in altair up to 8.0.4. This affects an unknown code block of the component Authorization Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Altair is a GraphQL client for all platforms. Prior to version 8.0.5, Altair GraphQL Client's desktop app does not validate HTTPS certificates allowing a man-in-the-middle to intercept all requests. Any Altair users on untrusted networks (eg. public wifi, malicious DNS servers) may have all GraphQL request and response headers and bodies fully compromised including authorization tokens. The attack also allows obtaining full access to any signed-in Altair GraphQL Cloud account and replacing payment checkout pages with a malicious website. Version 8.0.5 fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-54147 since 11/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• altair

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• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4

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