CVE-2020-17517 Ozone S3 Gateway allows bucket and key access to non authenticated users

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated users can access S3 buckets and keys in Apache Ozone clusters, exposing sensitive data to anonymous clients.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-17517?

CVE-2020-17517 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Ozone, published on 27 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The S3 buckets and keys in a secure Apache Ozone Cluster must be inaccessible to anonymous access by default. The current security vulnerability allows access to keys and buckets through a curl command or an unauthenticated HTTP request. This enables unauthorized access to buckets and keys thereby exposing data to anonymous clients or users. This affected Apache Ozone prior to the 1.1.0 release.

Weakness: CWE-306, CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-17517?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Ozone.

How do I fix CVE-2020-17517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-17517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-17517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-17517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h253-pq36-ggpj.

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