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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBISCUITSEC-7577229
  • published 1 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 31 Jul 2024
  • credit Unknown

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.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
2.1 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    Low
  • Availability (SA)
    None