CVE-2023-4853

Quarkus: http security policy bypass

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Sep 20, 2023
Updated: Aug 4, 2026
Reserved: Sep 8, 2023

Description

A flaw was found in Quarkus where HTTP security policies are not sanitizing certain character permutations correctly when accepting requests, resulting in incorrect evaluation of permissions. This issue could allow an attacker to bypass the security policy altogether, resulting in unauthorized endpoint access and possibly a denial of service.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-148 Improper Neutralization of Input Leaders

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Openshift Serverless 1 on RHEL 8Red Hat	0:1.9.2-3.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8Red Hat
Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.8.SP2Red Hat	2.13.8.Final-redhat-00005 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.8.SP2Red Hat	2.13.8.Final-redhat-00005 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.8.SP2Red Hat	2.13.8.Final-redhat-00005 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Camel Extensions for Quarkus 2.13.3-1Red Hat
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.9.2-3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.1-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.1-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.9.2-3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.1-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.1-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.1-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.0-5 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.0-6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.30Red Hat	1.30.0-6 and laterNot affected
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRed Hat	7.13.4-3 and laterNot affected
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRed Hat	7.13.4-2 and laterNot affected
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRed Hat	7.13.4-2 and laterNot affected
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRed Hat	7.13.4-3 and laterNot affected
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRed Hat	7.13.4-3 and laterNot affected
RHINT Camel-K-1.10.2Red Hat
RHINT Service Registry 2.5.4 GARed Hat
RHPAM 7.13.4 asyncRed Hat
Red Hat build of QuarkusRed Hat
Red Hat build of QuarkusRed Hat
Red Hat Process Automation 7Red Hat

References

RHSA-2023:5170vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:5310vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:5337vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:5446vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:5479vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:5480vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:6107vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:6112vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:7653vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4853vdb-entry
RHSB-2023-002technical-description
RHBZ#2238034issue-tracking

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