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GHSA-x883-2vmg-xwf7 json

Authelia's Group Changes may not have the expected results (YAML file backend)

published 2y ago modified 8mo ago also GO-2024-2744

cvss
1.6
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

Under very specific conditions changes to a users groups may not have the expected results.

The specific conditions are:

* The file authentication backend is being used. * The [watch](https://www.authelia.com/configuration/first-factor/file/#watch) option is set to true. * The [refresh_interval](https://www.authelia.com/configuration/first-factor/introduction/#refresh_interval) is configured to a non-disabled value. * The users groups are adjusted by an administrator. * The user attempts to access a resource that their groups previously had access to but their new groups do not have access to.

When these conditions are met administrators may find the changes are not taken into account by access control for longer than expected periods. While this may not necessarily be a security vulnerability it's security-adjacent and because of the unexpected nature of it and our dedication to a security-first culture we feel it's important to make users aware of this behaviour utilizing a security advisory and the existence of a fix.

This:

* Can not have an Impact for Unauthenticated Users. * Can not have an Impact for Configurations utilizing the LDAP Backend. * Can not be directly or indirectly caused by a users or third parties actions.

### Patches

This behaviour was identified **_after_** it was inadvertently fixed in the `master` branch during the multi-cookie domain rework (i.e. between feature releases). A patch for prior versions can be provided upon request. The fix was to ensure the details are updated regardless of backend, it was a small oversight in previous functionality which made refreshing ineffectual prior to v4.37.0.

### Workarounds

Ensure you restart between user database changes.

### References

* https://github.com/authelia/authelia/blob/v4.37.5/internal/handlers/handler_verify.go#L376-L394

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/authelia/authelia/v4 4.38.0

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 1.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/authelia/authelia/v4
>=4.37.0, <4.38.0
4.38.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

Sources

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