oss-security - CVE-2024-22281: Apache Helix Front (UI): Helix front hard-coded secret in the express-session

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Message-ID: <bebed778-75f1-b671-01e3-03055c6c9efb@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:40:21 +0000
From: Junkai Xue <jxue@...che.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2024-22281: Apache Helix Front (UI): Helix front hard-coded
 secret in the express-session 

Severity: important

Affected versions:

- Apache Helix Front (UI): all versions

Description:

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The Apache Helix Front (UI) component contained a hard-coded secret, allowing an attacker to spoof sessions by generating their own fake cookies.

This issue affects Apache Helix Front (UI): all versions.

As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.

NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Credit:

Jonathan Leitschuh (finder)

References:

https://helix.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22281

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