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CVE-2023-29020: Session Fixation

April 21, 2023

@fastify/passport is a port of passport authentication library for the Fastify ecosystem. The CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forger) protection enforced by the @fastify/csrf-protection library, when combined with @fastify/passport in affected versions, can be bypassed by network and same-site attackers. fastify/csrf-protection implements the synchronizer token pattern (using plugins @fastify/session and @fastify/secure-session) by storing a random value used for CSRF token generation in the _csrf attribute of a user’s session. The @fastify/passport library does not clear the session object upon authentication, preserving the _csrf attribute between pre-login and authenticated sessions. Consequently, CSRF tokens generated before authentication are still valid. Network and same-site attackers can thus obtain a CSRF token for their pre-session, fixate that pre-session in the victim’s browser via cookie tossing, and then perform a CSRF attack after the victim authenticates. As a solution, newer versions of @fastify/passport include the configuration options: clearSessionOnLogin (default: true) and clearSessionIgnoreFields (default: ['passport', 'session']) to clear all the session attributes by default, preserving those explicitly defined in clearSessionIgnoreFields.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ccf-ffrj-m4qw
  • github.com/fastify/fastify-passport/security/advisories/GHSA-2ccf-ffrj-m4qw

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.0, all versions starting from 2.0.0 before 2.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.0
  • 2.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.1.0, 2.3.0 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-384: Session Fixation

Source file

npm/@fastify/passport/CVE-2023-29020.yml

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