Vulnerabilities in pkg:golang/github.com/concourse/dex

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-627p-rr78-99rj",
  "modified" : "2025-07-22T16:13:01Z",
  "published" : "2021-12-20T17:56:03Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2020-5415" ],
  "summary" : "GitLab auth uses full name instead of username as user ID, allowing impersonation",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nInstallations which use the GitLab auth connector are vulnerable to identity spoofing by way of configuring a GitLab account with the same full name as another GitLab user who is granted access to a Concourse team by having their full name listed under `users` in the team configuration or given to the `--gitlab-user` flag.\n\nSee the [GitLab auth docs](https://concourse-ci.org/gitlab-auth.html) for details.\n\nConcourse installations which do not configure the GitLab auth connector are not affected.\n\n### Patches\n\nConcourse [v6.3.1](https://github.com/concourse/concourse/releases/tag/v6.3.1) and [v6.4.1](https://github.com/concourse/concourse/releases/tag/v6.4.1) were both released with a fix on August 4th, 2020.\n\nBoth versions change the GitLab connector to use the username, rather than the full name. This was always the intent, and the previous behavior was originally reported as a bug (concourse/dex#7) prior to being reported as a security issue.\n\nAny Concourse teams which configure GitLab users will have to switch each user from their full name to their username upon upgrading to these versions.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nGitLab groups do not have this vulnerability, so GitLab users may be moved into groups which are then configured in the Concourse team.\n\n### References\n\n* concourse/dex#12: PR with the fix\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, you may reach us privately at [concourseteam+security@gmail.com](mailto:concourseteam+security@gmail.com).",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
  } ],
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  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/concourse/concourse/security/advisories/GHSA-627p-rr78-99rj"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5415"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5415"
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    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-290" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
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    "github_reviewed_at" : "2021-05-24T17:56:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
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