Timing Attack Affecting authentik-client package, versions [,2024.10.4.post1732236734)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-AUTHENTIKCLIENT-8400783
  • published22 Nov 2024
  • disclosed21 Nov 2024
  • creditMatthias Gerstner

Introduced: 21 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-52307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade authentik-client to version 2024.10.4.post1732236734 or higher.

Overview

authentik-client is an authentik

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack due to the usage of a non-constant time comparison for the /-/metrics/ endpoint. An attacker can brute-force the SECRET_KEY, which is used to authenticate the endpoint, by observing the time differences in the responses.

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