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CVE-2021-4294

OpenShift OSIN CheckClientSecret timing discrepancy

Published: Dec 28, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-208
2.6LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenShift OSIN. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function ClientSecretMatches/CheckClientSecret. The manipulation of the argument secret leads to observable timing discrepancy. The name of the patch is 8612686d6dda34ae9ef6b5a974e4b7accb4fea29. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216987.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-208CWE-203

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
openshift container platformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift osinOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenShift
commercialaka origin, openshift enterprise, ocp
OSINMixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/openshift/osin
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://vuldb.com/?id.216987
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216987
vuldb.com
https://github.com/openshift/osin/pull/200
github.com
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