Improper Privilege Management Affecting github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/auth package, versions <13.4.26>=14.0.0 <14.3.20>=15.0.0 <15.3.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGRAVITATIONALTELEPORTLIBAUTH-7086073
  • published24 May 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2024

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/auth to version 13.4.26, 14.3.20, 15.3.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management when is is used as SAML IdP, due to authorization not being properly enforced on the SAML IdP session creation. As such, authenticated users could use an internal API to escalate their own privileges by crafting a malicious program.

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