Improper Authorization in Red Hat build of Quarkus - CVE-2023-5675

 

Improper Authorization in Red Hat build of Quarkus - CVE-2023-5675

Published: January 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85807
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5675
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of authorization when enabled by either "quarkus.security.jaxrs.deny-unannotated-endpoints" or "quarkus.security.jaxrs.default-roles-allowed" properties for RestEasy Classic or Reactive JAX-RS endpoints using the annotation processor. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to the application.


Affected software

Red Hat build of Quarkus
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Business Automation Insights

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5675

Install updates from vendor's website.

Red Hat build of Quarkus - addressed in versions 2.13.9.SP1, 3.2.9.SP1
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.31, 23.0.2.3
Business Automation Insights - update to 23.0.2.0.2

External References

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