CVE-2022-23628: Github.com/open policy agent/opa Incorrect Calculation Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2022-23628 is a MODERATE (CVSS 6.3) incorrect calculation vulnerability (CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation) affecting Github.com/open policy agent/opa libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves incorrect calculation in github.com/open-policy-agent/opa. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 0.37.2.
CVE-2022-23628 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 6.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2022-23628
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Github.com/open policy agent/opa dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade github.com/open-policy-agent/opa to 0.37.2
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for github.com/open-policy-agent/opa
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2022-23628, inspect your project dependencies for Github.com/open policy agent/opa:
inspect dependencies for github.com/open-policy-agent/opa
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Github.com/open policy agent/opa in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 0.37.2), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation, where the product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management. In Github.com/open policy agent/opa, 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-2022-23628 Affected Github.com/open policy agent/opa Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
github.com/open-policy-agent/opa
|
Go |
≥ 0.33.1
< 0.37.2
|
0.37.2
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-hcw3-j74m-qc58",
"modified" : "2024-05-20T20:41:41Z",
"published" : "2022-02-09T22:17:37Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2022-23628" ],
"summary" : "Incorrect Calculation in github.com/open-policy-agent/opa",
"details" : "### Impact\n\nUnder certain conditions, pretty-printing an AST that contains synthetic nodes could change the logic of some statements by reordering array literals. Example of policies impacted are those that parse and compare web paths, see the example below.\n\n**All of these** three conditions have to be met to create an adverse effect:\n\n1. An AST of Rego had to be **created programmatically** such that it ends up containing terms without a location (such as wildcard variables).\n2. The AST had to be **pretty-printed** using the `github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/format` package.\n3. The result of the pretty-printing had to be **parsed and evaluated again** via an OPA instance using the bundles, or the Golang packages.\n\nIf any of these three conditions are not met, you are not affected.\n\nNotably, all three would be true if using **optimized bundles**, i.e. bundles created with `opa build -O=1` or higher.\nIn that case, the optimizer would fulfil condition (1.), the result of that would be pretty-printed when writing the bundle to disk, fulfilling (2.). When the bundle was then used, we'd satisfy (3.).\n\n#### Example\nFor example, the process outlined above could turn \nthis rule\n```rego\nhello {\n\t[\"foo\", _] = split(input.resource, \"/\")\n}\n```\n\ninto\n```rego\nhello {\n\t[_, \"foo\"] = split(input.resource, \"/\")\n}\n```\n\nwith an input of\n```rego\n{\n \"resource\": \"foo/bar\"\n}\n```\n\nthe result would change from\n```rego\n{\n \"hello\": true\n}\n```\nto (no default value of hello)\n```rego\n{}\n```\n\nThe severity was determined to be *moderate* because the conditions are quite particular. Please note that its only the OPA bundle build process thats affected. An OPA sidecar of version 0.36.0 with an optimized bundle built by OPA 0.32.1 would not face this bug.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in version 0.37.2.\n\n### Workarounds\n\n- Disabling optimization when creating bundles.\n\n### References\n\n- Introduced in https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/3851\n- Backported for the 0.33.1 patch release: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/commit/bfd984ddf93ef2c4963a08d4fdadae0bcf1a3717\n- Fixed by https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/commit/932e4ffc37a590ace79e9b75ca4340288c220239 and https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/commit/2bd8edab9e10e2dc9cf76ae8335ced0c224f3055\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n* Open an issue in [Community Discussions](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/community/discussions/categories/opa-and-rego)\n* Ask in Slack: https://slack.openpolicyagent.org/",
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