Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting org.biscuitsec:biscuit package, versions [3.0.0,4.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGBISCUITSEC-7577229
  • published1 Aug 2024
  • disclosed31 Jul 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-41948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1259  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.biscuitsec:biscuit to version 4.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature via the ThirdPartyBlockRequest process, by altering the public keys field in the request, leading to trust in an incorrect keypair.

Note: This is only exploitable if the attacker can intercept and modify the ThirdPartyBlockRequest before it reaches the third-party authority.

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