# CVE-2023-51386: Sandbox Accounts for Events vulnerable to privilege escalation to read running events data

> Authenticated users can read unauthorized event data via API requests, potentially gaining insights into private events and joining them without invitation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7w3-j66h-m7mx

## What is CVE-2023-51386?

CVE-2023-51386 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in awslabs sandbox-accounts-for-events, published on 22 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sandbox Accounts for Events provides multiple, temporary AWS accounts to a number of authenticated users simultaneously via a browser-based GUI. Authenticated users could potentially read data from the events table by sending request payloads to the events API, collecting information on planned events, timeframes, budgets and owner email addresses. This data access may allow users to get insights into upcoming events and join events which they have not been invited to. This issue has been patched in version 1.10.0.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51386?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Amazon Awslabs Sandbox Accounts for Events.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-51386?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51386 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-51386 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in awslabs sandbox-accounts-for-events

- [CVE-2023-50928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50928/): sandbox-accounts-for-events security misconfiguration leads to budget exceed (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-51386 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-51386 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in awslabs sandbox-accounts-for-events, published on 22 Dec 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-2023-51386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: awslabs sandbox-accounts-for-events. 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-2023-51386/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51386/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51386
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51386
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-51386

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51386/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.