Netmaker IDOR Allows User to Update Other User's Password

Impact

An IDOR vulnerability was found in the user update function. By specifying another user’s username it is possible to update the other user’s password.

Patches

Issue is patched in 0.17.1, and fixed in 0.18.6+.

If Users are using 0.17.1, they should run “docker pull gravitl/netmaker:v0.17.1” and “docker-compose up -d”. This will switch them to the patched users

If users are using v0.18.0-0.18.5, they should upgrade to v0.18.6 or later.

Workarounds

If using 0.17.1, can just pull the latest docker image of backend and restart server.

References

Credit to Project Discovery, and in particular https://github.com/rootxharsh , https://github.com/iamnoooob, and https://github.com/projectdiscovery