GHSA-3xgr-h5hq-7299
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3xgr-h5hq-7299
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/10/GHSA-3xgr-h5hq-7299/GHSA-3xgr-h5hq-7299.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3xgr-h5hq-7299
- Published
- 2025-10-15T20:40:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-16T08:10:43Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- GeoIP processor disables SSL certificate validation when downloading databases
- Details
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Impact
The GeoIP processor in Data Prepper was configured to trust all SSL certificates and disable hostname verification when downloading GeoIP databases from HTTP URLs, making downloads vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
The GeoIP processor included a custom SSL implementation that completely bypassed certificate validation when downloading GeoIP databases from external sources. The
initiateSSL()method incorrectly implemented an approach for trusting all certificates. Specifically it:- Accepted all SSL certificates without validation
- Disabled server certificate verification
- Disabled client certificate verification
- Disabled hostname verification
This configuration made database downloads vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially allowing attackers to serve malicious GeoIP databases that could compromise the integrity of geolocation data processing.
Patches
Data Prepper 2.12.2 contains a fix for this issue.
Workarounds
If upgrading is not immediately possible:
- Use local GeoIP database files instead of downloading from HTTP URLs
- Ensure database downloads occur only over trusted networks
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-295" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-15T20:40:10Z", "nvd_published_at": null, "severity": "MODERATE" }- References
Affected packages
Maven / org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor
Package
- Name
- org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor
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- Purl
- pkg:maven/org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins/geoip-processor