CVE-2022-39267 Brokercap Bifrost vulnerable to authentication bypass for admin and monitor user groups

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass authentication for admin and monitor groups by removing a specific HTTP header, gaining unauthorized access to the Bifrost middleware.

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-2022-39267?

CVE-2022-39267 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in brokercap Bifrost, published on 19 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Bifrost is a heterogeneous middleware that synchronizes MySQL, MariaDB to Redis, MongoDB, ClickHouse, MySQL and other services for production environments. Versions prior to 1.8.8-release are subject to authentication bypass in the admin and monitor user groups by deleting the X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest field in the request header. This issue has been patched in 1.8.8-release. There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39267?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/brokercap/Bifrost GoAll versions1.8.7-release
github.com/brokercap/Bifrost GoAll versions1.8.7-release
github.com/brokercap/Bifrost GoAll versions1.8.7-release

Products include Xbifrost Bifrost.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39267?

Upgrade github.com/brokercap/Bifrost to 1.8.7-release or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2022-39267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mxrx-fg8p-5p5j, GO-2022-1067.

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