Potential access control security issue in apollo-adminservice

Impact

If users expose apollo-adminservice to internet(which is not recommended), there are potential security issues since apollo-adminservice is designed to work in intranet and it doesn’t have built-in access control. Malicious hackers may access apollo-adminservice apis directly to access/edit the application’s configurations.

Patches

Access control for admin service was added in #3233 and was released in v1.7.1.

Workarounds

To fix the potential issue without upgrading, simply follow the advice that do not expose apollo-adminservice to internet.

Credits

Lexu reported the issue and provided the required information to reproduce it.

References

Apollo Security Guidence

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

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