CVE-2023-30797: Lemur Lemur Subject To Insecure Random Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2023-30797 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) lemur subject to insecure random vulnerability (CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values) affecting Lemur libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves lemur subject to insecure random generation. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.3.2.
CVE-2023-30797 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2023-30797
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Lemur dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install lemur>=1.3.2
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show lemur
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2023-30797, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show lemur
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Lemur in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.3.2), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show lemur command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values, where the product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers. In Lemur, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2023-30797 Affected Lemur Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
lemur
|
PyPI |
< 1.3.2
|
1.3.2
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-5fqv-mpj8-h7gm",
"modified" : "2024-09-30T19:44:46Z",
"published" : "2023-03-01T18:05:56Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-30797" ],
"summary" : "Lemur subject to insecure random generation",
"details" : "### Overview\nLemur was using insecure random generation for its example configuration file, as well as for some utilities.\n\n### Impact\nThe potentially affected generated items include:\n\n| Configuration item | Config option name (if applicable) | Documentation link (if applicable) | Rotation option | Code reference(s) |\n| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |----------- |\n| Flask session secret | `SECRET_KEY` | [Flask documentation](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.2.x/config/#SECRET_KEY) | Generate a new secret and place in config; all existing sessions will be invalidated | N/A, internal to Flask |\n| Lemur token secret | `LEMUR_TOKEN_SECRET` | [Lemur's configuration documentation](https://lemur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration.html#configuration) | Generate a new secret and place in config; all existing JWTs will be invalidated and must be regenerated (including API keys) | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/1b61194a936240103f3c23299f9512c2b7e0fd36/lemur/auth/service.py#L79), [2](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/1b61194a936240103f3c23299f9512c2b7e0fd36/lemur/auth/service.py#L105) |\n| Lemur database encryption key | `LEMUR_ENCRYPTION_KEYS` | [Lemur's configuration documentation](https://lemur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration.html#configuration) | A new key can be generated and added to this list, but existing data encrypted with prior keys cannot be re-encrypted unless you write a custom re-encryption process | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/3783fbeaa1645bbee022827f4f53ffb12dd65a61/lemur/utils.py#L58) |\n| OAuth2 state token secret key | `OAUTH_STATE_TOKEN_SECRET` | [Lemur's configuration documentation](https://lemur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration.html#configuration) | Generate a new secret and place in config | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/4b03baaf5544f167e78055bab15a903b1badf22b/lemur/auth/views.py#L267) |\n| Randomly generated passphrases for openssl keystores | N/A, generated at runtime but persisted |N/A | Re-export all openssl keystores and replace them wherever they're in use | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/2603776e5c0ac25fa0103ff1357dea391d880160/lemur/plugins/lemur_openssl/plugin.py#L129) |\n| Initial password for LDAP users | N/A, generated at runtime but persisted | N/A | N/A, cannot be rotated* | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/3783fbeaa1645bbee022827f4f53ffb12dd65a61/lemur/auth/ldap.py#L66) |\n| Initial password for Ping/OAuth2 users | N/A, generated at runtime but persisted |N/A | N/A, cannot be rotated* | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/4b03baaf5544f167e78055bab15a903b1badf22b/lemur/auth/views.py#L234) |\n| Oauth2 nonce | N/A, short-lived runtime secret |N/A | N/A, rotation is not required (these are short-lived) | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/4b03baaf5544f167e78055bab15a903b1badf22b/lemur/auth/views.py#L668) |\n| Verisign certificate enrollment challenges | N/A, short-lived runtime secret | N/A | N/A, rotation is not required (these are short-lived) | [1](https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/blob/d4af5af99cd51016579f015d79df649c68a6ad15/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py#L107) |\n\nIf your deployment of Lemur is using any of the above config secrets that were _generated by Lemur's example config_ (i.e., generated using insecure randomness), you should rotate those config secrets. If you generated your config secrets in a more secure way, they are not known to be compromised, but you should still upgrade Lemur to ensure that you receive code fixes for the runtime-generated secrets.\n\nFor general information and guidance on Lemur secret configuration, see [Lemur's configuration documentation](https://lemur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration.html#configuration), which includes information on many of the configuration options listed above.\n\n*For the user passwords: Even though these users are configured to use SSO, they do get generated with valid database passwords that can be used to log in. Since Lemur doesn't have an option to change passwords (#3888), one option for rotating them would be to directly modify the value in the database to some other unguessable string (you do not need to know the plaintext password since it won't be used).\n\n### Patches\nThe patch is available in v1.3.2.\n\n### Workarounds\nNo workarounds are available.\n\n### References\nN/A",
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"type" : "CVSS_V4",
"score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
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"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30797"
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"url" : "https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/issues/3888"
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"url" : "https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/666d853212174ee7f4e6f8b3b4b389ede1872238"
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"url" : "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lemur/PYSEC-2023-20.yaml"
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"url" : "https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netflix-lemur-weak-rng"
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"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-330" ],
"severity" : "HIGH",
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}
}