CVE-2023-27588 Unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in Hasura GraphQL Engine

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in self-hosted Hasura GraphQL Engine to read arbitrary files from the server.

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-2023-27588?

CVE-2023-27588 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in hasura graphql-engine, published on 14 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Hasura is an open-source product that provides users GraphQL or REST APIs. A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered within Hasura GraphQL Engine prior to versions 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, and 2.21.0-beta1. Projects running on Hasura Cloud were not vulnerable. Self-hosted Hasura Projects with deployments that are publicly exposed and not protected by a WAF or other HTTP protection layer should be upgraded to version 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, or 2.21.0-beta1 to receive a patch.

Weakness: CWE-27, CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27588?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hasura Graphql Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27588 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-2023-27588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c9rw-rw2f-mj4x.

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