Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-21411
OAuth2-Proxy is an open source reverse proxy that provides authentication with Google, Github or other providers. The `--gitlab-group` flag for group-based authorization in the GitLab provider stopped working in the v7.0.0 release. Regardless of the flag settings, authorization wasn't restricted. Additionally, any authenticated users had whichever groups were set in `--gitlab-group` added to the new `X-Forwarded-Groups` header to the upstream application. While adding GitLab project based authorization support in #630, a bug was introduced where the user session's groups field was populated with the `--gitlab-group` config entries instead of pulling the individual user's group membership from the GitLab Userinfo endpoint. When the session groups where compared against the allowed groups for authorization, they matched improperly (since both lists were populated with the same data) so authorization was allowed. This impacts GitLab Provider users who relies on group membership for authorization restrictions. Any authenticated users in your GitLab environment can access your applications regardless of `--gitlab-group` membership restrictions. This is patched in v7.1.0. There is no workaround for the Group membership bug. But `--gitlab-project` can be set to use Project membership as the authorization checks instead of groups; it is not broken.
Products affected by CVE-2021-21411
- cpe:2.3:a:oauth2_proxy_project:oauth2_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-21411
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 43 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-21411
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.5
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
8.0
|
4.9
|
NIST | |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST | |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-21411
-
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-21411
-
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/group/
Groups | GitLabThird Party Advisory
-
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/commit/0279fa7dff1752f1710707dbd1ffac839de8bbfc
Merge pull request from GHSA-652x-m2gr-hppm · oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy@0279fa7 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
-
https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7
oauth2-proxy · pkg.go.devProduct;Third Party Advisory
-
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-652x-m2gr-hppm
`--gitlab-group` GitLab Group Authorization config flag stopped working in v7.0.0 · Advisory · oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy · GitHubThird Party Advisory
-
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/releases/tag/v7.1.0
Release V7.1.0 · oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy · GitHubRelease Notes;Third Party Advisory
Jump to