CVE-2022-31669 Harbor fails to validate the user permissions when updating tag immutability policies
An attacker can modify tag immutability policies in other projects by bypassing permission checks, affecting Harbor container registry users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-31669?
CVE-2022-31669 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Harbor, published on 14 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Harbor fails to validate the user permissions when updating tag immutability policies.
By sending a request to update a tag immutability policy with an id that belongs to a project that the currently authenticated user doesn’t have access to, the attacker could modify tag immutability policies configured in other projects.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31669?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/goharbor/harbor and harbor. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 1.0.0 | 1.10.13 |
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 1.0.0 | 1.10.13 |
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 2.0.0 | 2.4.3 |
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 2.0.0 | 2.4.3 |
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 2.5.0 | 2.5.2 |
github.com/goharbor/harbor Go | From 2.5.0 | 2.5.2 |
1 more packages
harbor Bitnami | From 2.0.0 | 2.4.3, 2.5.2 |
Products include Linuxfoundation Harbor.
How do I fix CVE-2022-31669?
Upgrade github.com/goharbor/harbor to a fixed version for your release line: 1.10.13, 2.4.3 or 2.5.2.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-31669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Harbor
- CVE-2026-4404 Use of hard coded credentials in GoHarbor Harbor
- CVE-2019-19023 Privilege Escalation in Cloud Native Computing Foundation Harbor
- CVE-2019-19025 Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Cloud Native Computing Foundation Harbor
- CVE-2017-17697 Server-side request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2022-31666 Harbor fails to validate user permissions while Viewing, updating and deleting Webhook policies
Sources
Also known as BIT-harbor-2022-31669, GHSA-8c6p-v837-77f6.