Debug Endpoint pprof - Exposure Detection

2020-08-1914:33:23

ProjectDiscovery

github.com

8.2 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

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

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

0.556 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%

JSON

The debugging endpoint /debug/pprof is exposed over the unauthenticated Kubelet healthz port. This debugging endpoint can potentially leak sensitive information such as internal Kubelet memory addresses and configuration, or for limited denial of service. Versions prior to 1.15.0, 1.14.4, 1.13.8, and 1.12.10 are affected. The issue is of medium severity, but not exposed by the default configuration.

id: CVE-2019-11248

info:
  name: Debug Endpoint pprof - Exposure Detection
  author: 0xceeb,ritikchaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    The debugging endpoint /debug/pprof is exposed over the unauthenticated Kubelet healthz port. This debugging endpoint can potentially leak sensitive information such as internal Kubelet memory addresses and configuration, or for limited denial of service. Versions prior to 1.15.0, 1.14.4, 1.13.8, and 1.12.10 are affected. The issue is of medium severity, but not exposed by the default configuration.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gather sensitive information, potentially leading to further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Disable or restrict access to the Debug Endpoint pprof to prevent unauthorized access.
  reference:
    - https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/my-first-bug-bounty-21d3203ffdb0
    - http://mmcloughlin.com/posts/your-pprof-is-showing
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/81023
    - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-security-announce/pKELclHIov8/BEDtRELACQAJ
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11248
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
    cvss-score: 8.2
    cve-id: CVE-2019-11248
    cwe-id: CWE-862,CWE-419
    epss-score: 0.69166
    epss-percentile: 0.97712
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: kubernetes
    product: kubernetes
  tags: cve2019,cve,debug,kubernetes,kubelet,devops,unauth,disclosure

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/debug/pprof/"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=1"

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "Types of profiles available:"
          - "Profile Descriptions"
          - "goroutine profile: total"
        condition: or
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