Vulnerabilities in pkg:nuget/Hangfire.Core
PACKAGECVE-2021-41238 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.6) missing authorization with default settings vulnerability (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) affecting Hangfire.Core libraries in the NuGet ecosystem. The issue involves missing authorization with default settings in dashboard ui. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.7.26.
pkg:nuget/Hangfire.Core
Vulnerability advisories affecting package pkg:nuget/Hangfire.Core. Select an advisory below to view technical details or fixes.
| Advisory ID | CVE / NVD | Severity | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7rq6-7gv8-c37h | CVE-2021-41238 | HIGH | Missing Authorization with Default Settings in Dashboard UI |
CVE-2021-41238 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 8.6
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:L/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2021-41238
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Hangfire.Core 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 Hangfire.Core to 1.7.26
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for Hangfire.Core
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2021-41238, inspect your project dependencies for Hangfire.Core:
inspect dependencies for Hangfire.Core
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Hangfire.Core in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.7.26), 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-862: Missing Authorization, where the product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. In Hangfire.Core, 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-2021-41238 Affected Hangfire.Core Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hangfire.Core
|
NuGet |
≥ 1.7.25
< 1.7.26
All 1 versions
1.7.25
|
1.7.26
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-7rq6-7gv8-c37h",
"modified" : "2021-11-03T14:35:35Z",
"published" : "2021-11-03T17:30:59Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2021-41238" ],
"summary" : "Missing Authorization with Default Settings in Dashboard UI",
"details" : "Dashboard UI in Hangfire.Core uses authorization filters to protect it from showing sensitive data to unauthorized users. By default when no custom authorization filters specified, `LocalRequestsOnlyAuthorizationFilter` filter is being used to allow only local requests and prohibit all the remote requests to provide sensible, protected by default settings.\n\nHowever due to the recent changes, in version 1.7.25 no authorization filters are used by default, allowing remote requests to succeed.\n\n### Impact\n\nMissing authorization when default options are used for the Dashboard UI, e.g. when no custom authorization rules are used as recommended in the [Using Dashboard](https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/configuration/using-dashboard.html#configuring-authorization) documentation article. \n\n#### Impacted\n\nIf you are using `UseHangfireDashboard` method with default `DashboardOptions.Authorization` property value, then your installation is impacted:\n\n```csharp\napp.UseHangfireDashboard(); // Impacted\napp.UseHangfireDashboard(\"/hangfire\", new DashboardOptions()); // Impacted\n```\n\n#### Not Impacted\n\nIf any other authorization filter is specified in the `DashboardOptions.Authorization` property, the you are not impacted:\n\n```csharp\napp.UseHangfireDashboard(\"/hangfire\", new DashboardOptions\n{\n Authorization = new []{ new SomeAuthorizationFilter(); } // Not impacted\n});\n```\n\n### Patches\n\nPatch is already available in version [1.7.26](https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire/releases/tag/v1.7.26) and already available on NuGet.org, please see [Hangfire.Core 1.7.26](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hangfire.Core/1.7.26). Default authorization rules now prohibit remote requests by default again by including the `LocalRequestsOnlyAuthorizationFilter` filter to the default settings. Please upgrade to the newest version in order to mitigate the issue.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIt is possible to fix the issue by using the `LocalRequestsOnlyAuthorizationFilter` explicitly when configuring the Dashboard UI. In this case upgrade is not required.\n\n```csharp\n// using Hangfire.Dashboard;\n\napp.UseHangfireDashboard(\"/hangfire\", new DashboardOptions\n{\n Authorization = new []{ new LocalRequestsOnlyAuthorizationFilter(); }\n});\n```\n\n### References\n\nOriginal GitHub Issue: https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire/issues/1958",
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"severity" : "HIGH",
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"github_reviewed_at" : "2021-11-02T19:50:00Z",
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