CVE-2023-41900: Jetty openid Jetty's OpenId Revoked Authentication Allows Vulnerability
LOWCVE-2023-41900 is a LOW (CVSS 3.5) jetty's openid revoked authentication allows vulnerability (CWE-1390: Weak Authentication) affecting Jetty openid libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves jetty's openid revoked authentication allows one request. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 9.4.52.v20230823, 10.0.16, 11.0.16.
CVE-2023-41900 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 3.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2023-41900
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Jetty openid dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-openid</artifactId>
<version>9.4.52.v20230823</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-openid</artifactId>
<version>10.0.16</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-openid</artifactId>
<version>11.0.16</version>
</dependency>
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jetty
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2023-41900, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jetty
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Jetty openid in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 9.4.52.v20230823), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jetty command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-1390: Weak Authentication, where the product uses an authentication mechanism to restrict access to specific users or identities, but the mechanism does not sufficiently prove that the claimed identity is correct. In Jetty openid, 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-2023-41900 Affected Jetty openid Versions
3 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-openid
|
Maven |
≥ 9.4.21
< 9.4.52.v20230823
|
9.4.52.v20230823
|
|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-openid
|
Maven |
≥ 10.0.0
< 10.0.16
|
10.0.16
|
|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-openid
|
Maven |
≥ 11.0.0
< 11.0.16
|
11.0.16
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-pwh8-58vv-vw48",
"modified" : "2024-09-10T17:15:25Z",
"published" : "2023-09-15T13:36:10Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-41900" ],
"summary" : "Jetty's OpenId Revoked authentication allows one request",
"details" : "If a Jetty `OpenIdAuthenticator` uses the optional nested `LoginService`, and that `LoginService` decides to revoke an already authenticated user, then the current request will still treat the user as authenticated. The authentication is then cleared from the session and subsequent requests will not be treated as authenticated. \n\nSo a request on a previously authenticated session could be allowed to bypass authentication after it had been rejected by the `LoginService`.\n\n### Impact\nThis impacts usages of the jetty-openid which have configured a nested `LoginService` and where that `LoginService` will is capable of rejecting previously authenticated users.\n\n### Original Report\n> working on a custom OpenIdAuthenticator, I discovered the following:\n> \n> https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-10.0.14/jetty-openid/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/openid/OpenIdAuthenticator.java#L505\n> \n> In the case where the LoginService does return that the authentication has been revoked (from the validate() call on line 463), the OpenIdAuthenticator removes the authentication from the session; however the current request still proceeds as if authenticated, since it falls through to \"return authentication\" on line 505.\n> \n> This is fixed by moving the line 505 (and associated debug log) inside the else block that ends on line 502, instead of outside it. Then the revocation case will run through to line 517 and will trigger a new OpenId authentication which I think is correct.\n> \n> I think this revocation can only occur if you do attach a separate LoginService to the OpenIdLoginService, but in that case the revoked authentication will still let the next request through (and possibly more than one if they are very close to simultaneous).\n> \n> Technically I think this is a security vulnerability, if a very minor one, so I'm sending this off-list.\n\n### Patched Versions\n\nFixed in Jetty Versions:\n* 9.4.52 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9660\n* 10.0.16 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528\n* 11.0.16 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528\n* 12.0.0 - not impacted (already has fix)\n\n### Workaround\nUpgrade your version of Jetty.\n\n### References\n* https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528\n* https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9660",
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"url" : "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0004"
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"url" : "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5507"
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