CVE-2022-36110 Netmaker vulnerable to Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

High 8.8 Published Updated

Non-privileged users can execute admin-level API calls due to improper authorization checks, allowing privilege escalation.

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-2022-36110?

CVE-2022-36110 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gravitl netmaker, published on 9 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Prior to version 0.15.1, Improper Authorization functions lead to non-privileged users running privileged API calls. If someone adds users to the Netmaker platform who do not have admin privileges, they can use their auth tokens to run admin-level functions via the API. This problem has been patched in v0.15.1.

Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-1220

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36110?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/gravitl/netmaker. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/gravitl/netmaker GoAll versions0.15.1
github.com/gravitl/netmaker GoAll versions0.15.1
github.com/gravitl/netmaker GoAll versions0.15.1

Products include Netmaker Netmaker.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36110?

Upgrade github.com/gravitl/netmaker to 0.15.1 or later.

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

Is CVE-2022-36110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ggf6-638m-vqmg, GO-2022-0986.

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