# CVE-2023-25524: Information disclosure in Omniverse Workstation Launcher

> An attacker can steal access tokens exposed in the browser address bar to impersonate users and access launcher resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-37fx-2m8v-2x4j

## What is CVE-2023-25524?

CVE-2023-25524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Omniverse Workstation Launcher, published on 3 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NVIDIA Omniverse Workstation Launcher for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the authentication flow, where a user’s access token is displayed in the browser user's address bar. An attacker could use this token to impersonate the user to access launcher resources. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-598 (Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25524?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Omniverse Launcher.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25524?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25524 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Omniverse Workstation Launcher

- [CVE-2022-21817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21817/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25524 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Omniverse Workstation Launcher, published on 3 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA Omniverse Workstation Launcher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25524/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25524/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25524
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25524
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25524

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25524/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.