Improper Authentication Affecting aries-cloudagent package, versions [,0.10.5) [0.11.0rc1,0.11.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ARIESCLOUDAGENT-6150377
  • published 10 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 9 Jan 2024
  • credit Daniel Bluhm

How to fix?

Upgrade aries-cloudagent to version 0.10.5, 0.11.0 or higher.

Overview

aries-cloudagent is a Hyperledger Aries Cloud Agent Python (ACA-Py) is a foundation for building decentralized identity applications and services running in non-mobile environments.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to faulty verification of the document.proof during the presentation process. An attacker can manipulate the presentation of credentials to appear as verified despite the presence of errors or mismatches in the challenge, potentially leading to unauthorized access or actions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high