CVE-2023-25581

Description

pac4j is a security framework for Java. `pac4j-core` prior to version 4.0.0 is affected by a Java deserialization vulnerability. The vulnerability affects systems that store externally controlled values in attributes of the `UserProfile` class from pac4j-core. It can be exploited by providing an attribute that contains a serialized Java object with a special prefix `{#sb64}` and Base64 encoding. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in the worst case. Although a `RestrictedObjectInputStream` is in place, that puts some restriction on what classes can be deserialized, it still allows a broad range of java packages and potentially exploitable with different gadget chains. pac4j versions 4.0.0 and greater are not affected by this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Reserved 2023-02-07 | Published 2024-10-10 | Updated 2024-10-10 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Product status

< 4.0.0
affected

References

securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-085_pac4j/

github.com/frohoff/ysoserial

github.com/...c4j/core/profile/InternalAttributeHandler.java

portswigger.net/web-security/deserialization

cve.org (CVE-2023-25581)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-25581)

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