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Improper Access Control

CVE-2023-36820

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Micronaut Security is a security solution for applications. In versions prior 3.1.2, 3.2.x prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.x prior to 3.3.1, 3.4.x prior to 3.4.2, 3.5.x prior to 3.5.3, 3.6.x prior to 3.6.6, 3.7.x prior to 3.7.4, 3.8.x prior to 3.8.4, 3.9.x prior to 3.9.6, 3.10.x prior to 3.10.2, 3.11.x prior to 3.11.1, and 4.0.x prior to 4.0.0-M8 are vulnerable to "IdTokenClaimsValidator" skips `aud` claim validation if the token is issued by the same identity issuer/provider. Any OIDC setup using Micronaut where multiple OIDC applications exist for the same issuer but token auth are not meant to be shared.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published