CVE-2023-20902: Github.com/goharbor/harbor Harbor Timing Attack Risk Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-mq6f-5xh5-hgcf",
  "modified" : "2023-11-09T16:38:40Z",
  "published" : "2023-10-10T21:29:02Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-20902" ],
  "summary" : "Harbor timing attack risk",
  "details" : "In the Harbor jobservice container, the comparison of secrets in the authenticator type is prone to timing attacks. The vulnerability occurs due to the following code: https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/blob/aaea068cceb4063ab89313d9785f2b40f35b0d63/src/jobservice/api/authenticator.go#L69-L69\nTo avoid this issue, constant time comparison should be used.\n```\nsubtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(expectedSecret), []byte(secret)) == 0\n```\n\n### Impact\nThis attack might be possible theoretically, but no workable proof of concept is available, and access complexity is set at High.\nThe jobservice exposes these APIs\n```\nCreate a job task --- POST /api/v1/jobs    \nGet job task information --- GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}\nStop job task ---  POST /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}\nGet job log task ---  GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/log\nGet job execution --- GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/executions\nGet job stats ---  GET /api/v1/stats\nGet job service configuration ---  GET /api/v1/config\n```\nIt is used to create jobs/stop job tasks and retrieve job task information.  If an attacker obtains the secrets, it is possible to retrieve the job information, create a job, or stop a job task. \n\nThe following versions of Harbor are involved:\n<=Harbor 2.8.2, <=Harbor 2.7.2, <= Harbor 2.6.x, <=Harbor 1.10.17\n\n\n### Patches\nHarbor 2.8.3, Harbor 2.7.3, Harbor 1.10.18\n\n### Workarounds\nBecause the jobservice only exposes HTTP service to harbor-core containers, blocking any inbound traffic from the external network to the jobservice container can reduce the risk.\n\n### Credits\nThanks to Porcupiney Hairs for reporting this issue.\n",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/goharbor/harbor"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.10.18"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/goharbor/harbor"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "2.0.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.7.3"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/goharbor/harbor"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "2.8.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.8.3"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/security/advisories/GHSA-mq6f-5xh5-hgcf"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20902"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/blob/aaea068cceb4063ab89313d9785f2b40f35b0d63/src/jobservice/api/authenticator.go#L69-L69"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v1.10.18"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.7.3"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.8.3"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-208", "CWE-362" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2023-10-10T21:29:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2023-11-09T01:15:07Z"
  }
}