Headline
GHSA-j86v-2vjr-fg8f: Etcd Gateway TLS endpoint validation only confirms TCP reachability
Vulnerability type
Cryptography
Workarounds
Refer to the gateway documentation. The vulnerability was spotted due to unclear documentation of how the gateway handles endpoints validation.
Detail
Secure endpoint validation is performed by the etcd gateway start command when the --discovery-srv flag is enabled. However, as currently implemented, it only validates TCP reachability, effectively allowing connections to an endpoint that doesn’t accept TLS connections through the HTTPS URL. The auditors has noted that appropriate documentation of this validation functionality plus deprecation of this misleading functionality is an acceptable path forward.
References
Find out more on this vulnerability in the security audit report
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Contact the etcd security committee
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- GHSA-j86v-2vjr-fg8f
Etcd Gateway TLS endpoint validation only confirms TCP reachability
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 5, 2020 in etcd-io/etcd
Package
gomod go.etcd.io/etcd (Go)
Affected versions
>= 3.4.0-rc.0, <= 3.4.9
< 3.3.23
Patched versions
3.4.10
3.3.23
Vulnerability type
Cryptography
Workarounds
Refer to the gateway documentation. The vulnerability was spotted due to unclear documentation of how the gateway handles endpoints validation.
Detail
Secure endpoint validation is performed by the etcd gateway start command when the --discovery-srv flag is enabled. However, as currently implemented, it only validates TCP reachability, effectively allowing connections to an endpoint that doesn’t accept TLS connections through the HTTPS URL. The auditors has noted that appropriate documentation of this validation functionality plus deprecation of this misleading functionality is an acceptable path forward.
References
Find out more on this vulnerability in the security audit report
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Contact the etcd security committee
References
- GHSA-j86v-2vjr-fg8f
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 3, 2024