CVE-2022-24751 Race condition in Zulip

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

A race condition in Zulip allows deactivated users to retain access, requiring an upgrade to fixed versions.

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

What is CVE-2022-24751?

CVE-2022-24751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in zulip, published on 16 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Zulip is an open source group chat application. Starting with version 4.0 and prior to version 4.11, Zulip is vulnerable to a race condition during account deactivation, where a simultaneous access by the user being deactivated may, in rare cases, allow continued access by the deactivated user. A patch is available in version 4.11 on the 4.x branch and version 5.0-rc1 on the 5.x branch. Upgrading to a fixed version will, as a side effect, deactivate any cached sessions that may have been leaked through this bug. There are currently no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24751?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zulip Zulip.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24751?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-24751 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24751 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6v98-m5x5-phqj.

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