Zulip up to 10.0 authorization bypass through user-controlled sql primary key

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Zulip up to 10.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes authorization bypass through user-controlled sql primary key. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-30368. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Zulip up to 10.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization bypass through user-controlled sql primary key vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-566. The product uses a database table that includes records that should not be accessible to an actor, but it executes a SQL statement with a primary key that can be controlled by that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. The API for deleting an organization export is supposed to be restricted to organization administrators, but its handler failed to check that the field belongs to the same organization as the user. Therefore, an administrator of any organization was incorrectly allowed to delete an export of a different organization. This is fixed in Zulip Server 10.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30368 since 03/21/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at zulip.readthedocs.io. Applying the patch 07dcee36b2a34d63429d7a706f880628cf3433df 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization bypass through user-controlled sql primary key
CWE: CWE-566 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Zulip 10.1
Patch: 07dcee36b2a34d63429d7a706f880628cf3433df

Timelineinfo

03/21/2025 🔍
03/31/2025 +9 days 🔍
03/31/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2025 +149 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-rmhr-5ffq-qcrc
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-30368 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-30368
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302203

Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2025 20:50
Updated: 08/27/2025 10:00
Changes: 03/31/2025 20:50 (65), 08/27/2025 10:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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