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CVE-2018-1000210: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

October 16, 2018 (updated September 17, 2021)

YamlDotNet version 4.3.2 and earlier contains a Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability in The default behavior of Deserializer.Deserialize() will deserialize user-controlled types in the line “currentType = Type.GetType(nodeEvent.Tag.Substring(1), throwOnError: false);” and blindly instantiates them. that can result in Code execution in the context of the running process. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must parse a specially-crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.0.0.

References

  • github.com/aaubry/YamlDotNet
  • github.com/aaubry/YamlDotNet/blob/f96b7cc40a0498f8bafdeb49df3aa23aa2c60993/YamlDotNet/Serialization/NodeTypeResolvers/TypeNameInTagNodeTypeResolver.cs
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpch-cqj9-h65r
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000210

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 4.3.2

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.0 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

nuget/YamlDotNet.Signed/CVE-2018-1000210.yml

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