GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4
Aliases
  • CVE-2016-1000238
Published
2020-09-01T15:57:01Z
Modified
2023-11-08T03:58:08Z
Summary
Spoofing attack due to unvalidated KDC in node-krb5
Details

Affected versions of node-krb5 do not validate the KDC prior to authenticating, which might allow an attacker with network access and enough time to spoof the KDC and impersonate a valid user without knowing their credentials.

Recommendation

It appears that this will remain unfixed indefinitely, as the Github issue for this vulnerability has been open since 2015, with no work on it since then.

At this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality. There are multiple modules fitting this criteria available on npm..

Database specific
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    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:12:06Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / node-krb5

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4/GHSA-4v9q-hm2p-68c4.json"