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CVE-2021-43494: [Security] Path Traversal Vulnerability found · Issue #2 · codingforentrepreneurs/OpenCV-REST-API

OpenCV-REST-API master branch as of commit 69be158c05d4dd5a4aff38fdc680a162dd6b9e49 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. This attack can cause the disclosure of critical secrets stored anywhere on the system and can significantly aid in getting remote code access.

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A path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal) aims to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables that reference files with “dot-dot-slash (…/)” sequences and its variations or by using absolute file paths, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files. It should be noted that access to files is limited by system operational access control (such as in the case of locked or in-use files on the Microsoft Windows operating system).

This attack is also known as “dot-dot-slash”, “directory traversal”, “directory climbing” and “backtracking”.

Root Cause Analysis

In this case, the path traversal vulnerability can be blamed on incorrect usage of the send_from_directory Flask call. The vulnerability occurs due to the code snippet shown below

@app.route(“/static/outputs/<path:path>”)

def static_outputs_view(path):

# path => Users/cfe/Dev/opencv-rest-api/api/storage/output/15/main.jpg

dirname = os.path.dirname(path)

if not dirname.startswith(“/”):

dirname = f"/{dirname}"

filename = os.path.basename(path)

print(dirname, filename)

return send_from_directory(dirname, filename)

Here, since the path parameter is attacker controlled, the effective directory and filename passed to the send_from_directory call can be controlled by the attacker leading to a path traversal attack.

This can be exploited by accessing a URI like /static/outputs/../../../../etc/passwd which will return the contents of the /etc/passwd file.

Remediation

This can be easily fixed my restricting the value of file and path parameters by a fixed whitelist of possible values.

CVSS 3 Score

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

This bug was found using CodeQL by Github

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