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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mNjc4LWo1NzktNHhmNc4AA3Zv

Apache Superset - Elevation of Privilege

Overview

An attacker with access to the SQL Lab and the ab_user and ab_user_role tables can elevate his privileges to become administrator.

Details

On a more general level, diverse tables who are supposed to be only readable can be modified using the WITH … AS and RETURNING keywords.
Modification of the table key_value can also be done, which could lead to a Remote Code Execution (cf. "V7 - Insecure deserialization leading to remote code execution" report vulnerability).

Proof of Concept

Some tables are supposed to accept only SELECT requests from the SQL tab.

• Attempt to create a new user injected_admin into the ab_user table: PoC_1

But this protection can be bypassed by using the WITH … AS () syntax with RETURNING value after the INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE query.
INSERT query accepted by the database due to the use of WITH … AS ( … RETURNING ) syntax:
WITH a AS ( INSERT INTO ab_user (id, first_name, last_name, username, email, password) VALUES (2, ‘injected_admin’, ‘injected_admin’, ‘injected_admin’, ‘[email protected]’, ‘{PASSWORD_HASH}’) RETURNING id ) SELECT * FROM a;
PoC_2

• injected_admin added to the ab_user table: PoC_3

This method can also be used with UPDATE or DELETE request. A user with access to SELECT on the tables ab_user_role can escalate his privilege to become administrator.

• Locating the ID of the user ‘Auditeur B’, who has no rights and is not an admin. The request is done being ‘Auditeur B’: PoC_4
• Locating the rows that keep the role of the user ‘Auditeur B’. The row 36 stores the value 3, indicating the role ‘Alpha’ for ‘Auditeur B’: PoC_5
• Modification of the row 36 with an UPDATE request embedded in a WITH request: PoC_6
• ‘Auditeur B’ role has been changed to Admin: PoC_7

This technique can also be used to inject or modify values of the table key_value, which can potentially lead to a Remote Code Execution (cf. ...).

Solution

Orange recommendation

To fix this vulnerability, we recommends reenforcing the SELECT filter to spot INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE keywords even in WITH requests.

Security patch

Upgrade to Superset version 2.1.2.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40610
https://lists.apache.org/thread/jvgxpk4dbxyqtsgtl4pdgbd520rc0rot

Credits

LEXFO for Orange Innovation

Orange CERT-CC at Orange group

Timeline

Date reported: July 27, 2023
Date fixed: November 27, 2023

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f678-j579-4xf5
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mNjc4LWo1NzktNHhmNc4AA3Zv
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 5 months ago
Updated: 4 months ago

CVSS Score: 7.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-f678-j579-4xf5, CVE-2023-40610
References:

• https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f678-j579-4xf5
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40610
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/jvgxpk4dbxyqtsgtl4pdgbd520rc0rot
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/2
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f678-j579-4xf5

Repository: https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research
Blast Radius: 9.8

Affected Packages