CVE-2023-23930 vantage6's Pickle serialization is insecure
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by exploiting insecure pickle deserialization in vantage6 task submissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-23930?
CVE-2023-23930 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in vantage6, published on 11 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions prior to 4.0.0 use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch. Users may specify JSON serialization as a workaround.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23930?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including vantage6. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.2 |
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.2 |
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.2 |
Products include Vantage6 Vantage6.
How do I fix CVE-2023-23930?
Upgrade vantage6 to 4.0.2 or later.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2023-23930 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23930 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in vantage6
- CVE-2024-21649 Remote code execution
- CVE-2023-23929 Refresh tokens do not expire in Vantage6
- CVE-2023-47631 vantage6 Node accepts non-whitelisted algorithms from malicious server
- CVE-2024-21653 vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers
- CVE-2023-22738 Improper Preservation of Permissions in vantage6
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6, PYSEC-2023-196.