CVE-2024-43798

Chisel AUTH environment variable not respected in server entrypoint

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Aug 26, 2024
Updated
Aug 27, 2024
Reserved
Aug 16, 2024

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Description

Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. The Chisel server doesn't ever read the documented `AUTH` environment variable used to set credentials, which allows any unauthenticated user to connect, even if credentials were set. Anyone running the Chisel server that is using the `AUTH` environment variable to specify credentials to authenticate against is affected by this vulnerability. Chisel is often used to provide an entrypoint to a private network, which means services that are gated by Chisel may be affected. Additionally, Chisel is often used for exposing services to the internet. An attacker could MITM requests by connecting to a Chisel server and requesting to forward traffic from a remote port. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.10.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
  • CWE-1068 Inconsistency Between Implementation and Documented Design

Affected Products

ProductVersions
chiseljpillora
  • < 1.10.0Affected

References

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