CVE-2024-4642: Weights and Biases (wandb) has a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

May 16, 2024

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in the wandb/wandb repository due to improper handling of HTTP 302 redirects. This issue allows team members with access to the ‘User settings -> Webhooks’ function to exploit this vulnerability to access internal HTTP(s) servers. In severe cases, such as on AWS instances, this could potentially be abused to achieve remote code execution on the victim’s machine. The vulnerability is present in the latest version of the repository.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqh9-jfqr-h9jj
github.com/wandb/wandb
github.com/wandb/wandb/blob/main/wandb/sdk/lib/import_hooks.py
huntr.com/bounties/055eb540-57f8-46d6-b858-3a9e22d347d9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4642

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