Link following in Beego - CVE-2021-27117

 

Link following in Beego - CVE-2021-27117

Published: May 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63171
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27117
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to link following issue in file profile.go in function GetCPUProfile. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.


Affected software

Beego
Harbor
IBM Fusion HCI

How to mitigate CVE-2021-27117

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Harbor - update to 1.10.11
IBM Fusion HCI - update to 2.6.1

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