CVE-2017-18353: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

December 17, 2018 (updated October 3, 2019)

Rendertron includes an _ah/stop route to shut down the Chrome instance responsible for serving render requests to all users. Visiting this route with a GET request allows any unauthorized remote attacker to disable the core service of the application.

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=759111
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18353

Code Behaviors & Features

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