CVE-2023-23934

Wrkzeug's incorrect parsing of nameless cookies leads to __Host- cookies bypass

State
Published
Severity
2.6 Low
Published
Feb 14, 2023
Updated
Mar 10, 2025
Reserved
Jan 19, 2023

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Description

Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. Browsers may allow "nameless" cookies that look like `=value` instead of `key=value`. A vulnerable browser may allow a compromised application on an adjacent subdomain to exploit this to set a cookie like `=__Host-test=bad` for another subdomain. Werkzeug prior to 2.2.3 will parse the cookie `=__Host-test=bad` as __Host-test=bad`. If a Werkzeug application is running next to a vulnerable or malicious subdomain which sets such a cookie using a vulnerable browser, the Werkzeug application will see the bad cookie value but the valid cookie key. The issue is fixed in Werkzeug 2.2.3.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.12.6 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
werkzeugpallets
  • < 2.2.3Affected

References

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