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biscuit-auth vulnerable to public key confusion in third party block

2024-07-3121:15:41
CWE-269
GitHub Advisory Database
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third party blocks
public key confusion
token security
symbol table
datalog expressions

CVSS3

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

3.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.5%

Third-party blocks can be generated without transferring the whole token to the third-party authority. Instead, a ThirdPartyBlock request can be sent, providing only the necessary info to generate a third-party block and to sign it:

  • the public key of the previous block (used in the signature)
  • the public keys part of the token symbol table (for public key interning in datalog expressions)

A third-part block request forged by a malicious user can trick the third-party authority into generating datalog trusting the wrong keypair.

Consider the following example (nominal case)

  • Authority A emits the following token: check if thirdparty("b") trusting ${pubkeyB}
  • The well-behaving holder then generates a third-party block request based on the token and sends it to third-party authority B
  • Third-party B generates the following third-party block thirdparty("b"); check if thirdparty("c") trusting ${pubkeyC}
  • The token holder now must obtain a third-party block from third party C to be able to use the token

Now, with a malicious user:

  • Authority A emits the following token: check if thirdparty("b") trusting ${pubkeyB}
  • The holder then attenuates the token with the following third party block thirdparty("c"), signed with a keypair pubkeyD, privkeyD) they generate
  • The holder then generates a third-party block request based on this token, but alter the ThirdPartyBlockRequest publicKeys field and replace pubkeyD with pubkeyC
  • Third-party B generates the following third-party block thirdparty("b"); check if thirdparty("c") trusting ${pubkeyC}
  • Due to the altered symbol table, the actual meaning of the block is thirdparty("b"); check if thirdparty("c") trusting ${pubkeyD}
  • The attacker can now use the token without obtaining a third-party block from C.

Impact

Tokens with third-party blocks containing trusted annotations generated through a third party block request

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
biscuitauthRange4.0.0
OR
biscuitauthRange<5.0.0
VendorProductVersionCPE
biscuitauth*cpe:2.3:a:biscuit:auth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

3.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.5%

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