CVE-2023-41882 vantage6 Improper Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can view tasks in collaborations without proper task-level permissions, exposing sensitive data in vantage6 federated learning systems.
- 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-2023-41882?
CVE-2023-41882 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in vantage6, published on 11 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. The endpoint /api/collaboration/{id}/task is used to collect all tasks from a certain collaboration. To get such tasks, a user should have permission to view the collaboration and to view the tasks in it. However, prior to version 4.0.0, it is only checked if the user has permission to view the collaboration. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch. There are no known workarounds.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41882?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including vantage6. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.0 |
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.0 |
vantage6 PyPI | All versions | 4.0.0 |
Products include Vantage6 Vantage6.
How do I fix CVE-2023-41882?
Upgrade vantage6 to 4.0.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-41882 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41882 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-gc57-xhh5-m94r, PYSEC-2023-201.