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Improper Link Resolution allowing the creation of files on the host system

High
matthewpi published GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5 Feb 8, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.7.2, 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2

Patched versions

1.7.3, 1.11.3

Description

Impact

This vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings. The vulnerability can be used to create new files and on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.

In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by Wings. Information on how the exploitation of this vulnerability works will be released on February 24th, 2023 in North America.

Patches

This vulnerability has been resolved in version v1.11.3 of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in v1.7.3.

Anyone running v1.11.x should upgrade to v1.11.3 and anyone running v1.7.x should upgrade to v1.7.3.

Workarounds

None at this time.

Severity

High
8.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25152

Weaknesses

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