CVE-2023-22320 Path traversal in OpenAM Web Policy Agent (OpenAM Consortium Edition)

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit improper URL parsing in OpenAM Web Policy Agent to perform path traversal and bypass security controls.

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-2023-22320?

CVE-2023-22320 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenAM Web Policy Agent (OpenAM Consortium Edition), published on 10 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenAM Web Policy Agent (OpenAM Consortium Edition) provided by OpenAM Consortium parses URLs improperly, leading to a path traversal vulnerability(CWE-22). Furthermore, a crafted URL may be evaluated incorrectly.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22320?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openam Openam.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22320?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22320 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-22320 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q9vj-6cqq-wmgg.

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