Authentication Bypass Affecting svix package, versions <1.17.0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUST-SVIX-6230729
- published 12 Feb 2024
- disclosed 6 Feb 2024
- credit Fredrik Meringdal
Introduced: 6 Feb 2024
CVE-2024-21491 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade svix to version 1.17.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to an issue in the verify function where signatures of different lengths are incorrectly compared. An attacker can bypass signature verification by providing a shorter signature that matches the beginning of the actual signature.
Note:
The attacker would need to know a victim uses the Rust library for verification,no easy way to automatically check that; and uses webhooks by a service that uses Svix, and then figure out a way to craft a malicious payload that will actually include all of the correct identifiers needed to trick the receivers to cause actual issues.