CVE-2023-4853 Quarkus: http security policy bypass
Attackers can bypass HTTP security policies in Quarkus to access unauthorized endpoints or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-4853?
CVE-2023-4853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 20 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Quarkus where HTTP security policies are not sanitizing certain character permutations correctly when accepting requests, resulting in incorrect evaluation of permissions. This issue could allow an attacker to bypass the security policy altogether, resulting in unauthorized endpoint access and possibly a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4853?
24 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive, io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization and io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow. It affects 12 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
18 more packages
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-keycloak-authorization Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-undertow Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | All versions | 2.16.11.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.2.6.Final |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http Maven | From 3.3.0 | 3.3.3 |
Linux distribution packages (1)
openshift-serverless-clients Red Hat:serverless:1.0::el8 | All versions | 0:1.9.2-3.el8 |
Products include Quarkus Quarkus, Redhat Build of Optaplanner, Redhat Build of Quarkus, Redhat Decision Manager, Redhat Integration Camel K, Redhat Integration Camel Quarkus and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4853?
Upgrade io.quarkus:quarkus-csrf-reactive to a fixed version for your release line: 2.16.11.Final, 3.2.6.Final or 3.3.3.
Is CVE-2023-4853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform
- CVE-2022-4116 Code injection in quarkus dev ui config editor
- CVE-2022-2466 Quarkus does not terminate HTTP requests header context
- CVE-2024-12225 Io.quarkus:quarkus-security-webauthn: quarkus webauthn unexpected authentication bypass
- CVE-2026-39852 Quarkus authorization bypass via semicolon path normalization inconsistency
- CVE-2022-0981 Privilege escalation in quarkus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4f4r-wgv2-jjvg, RHSA-2023:5479.