Information Exposure Affecting github.com/keybase/client/go/chat/attachments Open this link in a new tab package, versions <5.6.0
Attack Complexity
Low
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snyk-id
SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKEYBASECLIENTGOCHATATTACHMENTS-1078498
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published
23 Feb 2021
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disclosed
23 Feb 2021
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credit
John Jackson, Aubrey Cottle, Jackson Henry, Robert Willis
Introduced: 23 Feb 2021
CVE-2021-23827 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/keybase/client/go/chat/attachments
to version 5.6.0 or higher.
Overview
github.com/keybase/client/go/chat/attachments is a Keybase core crypto library.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. It allows an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive media (such as private pictures) in the cache
and uploadtemps
directories. It fails to effectively clear cached pictures, even after deletion via normal methodology within the client, or by utilizing the Explode message
/ Explode now
functionality.