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CVE-2021-32753 Detail

Description

EdgeX Foundry is an open source project for building a common open framework for internet-of-things edge computing. A vulnerability exists in the Edinburgh, Fuji, Geneva, and Hanoi versions of the software. When the EdgeX API gateway is configured for OAuth2 authentication and a proxy user is created, the client_id and client_secret required to obtain an OAuth2 authentication token are set to the username of the proxy user. A remote network attacker can then perform a dictionary-based password attack on the OAuth2 token endpoint of the API gateway to obtain an OAuth2 authentication token and use that token to make authenticated calls to EdgeX microservices from an untrusted network. OAuth2 is the default authentication method in EdgeX Edinburgh release. The default authentication method was changed to JWT in Fuji and later releases. Users should upgrade to the EdgeX Ireland release to obtain the fix. The OAuth2 authentication method is disabled in Ireland release. If unable to upgrade and OAuth2 authentication is required, users should create OAuth2 users directly using the Kong admin API and forgo the use of the `security-proxy-setup` tool to create OAuth2 users.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
Base Score:  8.3 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L


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Hyperlink Resource
https://docs.konghq.com/hub/kong-inc/oauth2/#create-a-consumer Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go/security/advisories/GHSA-xph4-vmcc-52gh Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements cwe source acceptance level NIST   Contributor acceptance level GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-287 Improper Authentication Contributor acceptance level GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-284 Improper Access Control Contributor acceptance level GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-32753
NVD Published Date:
07/09/2021
NVD Last Modified:
07/14/2021
Source:
GitHub, Inc.