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TI-2023-24575 Aliases CVE-2023-45814GHSA-jrf2-h5j6-3rrq

Tokens cached in the AuthenticationService are susceptible to reuse in Bunkum

Priority LOW 31CWE-772Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-772.

Summary

Bunkum is an open-source protocol-agnostic request server for custom game servers. First, a little bit of background. So, in the beginning, Bunkum's `AuthenticationService` only supported injecting `IUser`s. However, as Refresh and SoundShapesServer implemented permissions systems support for injecting `IToken`s into endpoints was added. All was well until 4.0. Bunkum 4.0 then changed to enforce relations between `IToken`s and `IUser`s. This wasn't implemented in a very good way in the `AuthenticationService`, and ended up breaking caching in such a way that cached tokens would persist after the lifetime of the request - since we tried to cache both tokens and users. From that point until now, from what I understand, Bunkum was attempting to use that cached token at the start of the next request once cached. Naturally, when that token expired, downstream projects like Refresh would remove the object from Realm - and cause the object in the cache to be in a detached state, causing an exception from invalid use of `IToken.User`. So in other words, a use-after-free since Realm can't manage the lifetime of the cached token. Security-wise, the scope is fairly limited, can only be pulled off on a couple endpoints given a few conditions, and you can't guarantee which token you're going to get. Also, the token *would* get invalidated properly if the endpoint had either a `IToken` usage or a `IUser` usage. The fix is to just wipe the token cache after the request was handled, which is now in `4.2.1`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00537 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Bunkum (LittleBigRefresh): 4.2.1Bunkum (NuGet): 4.2.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LittleBigRefreshBunkum4.0.0 to before 4.2.14.2.1Patch availableCNA
—Bunkum (NuGet)4.0.0 to before 4.2.14.2.1Patch availableGHSA-jrf2-h5j6-3rrq
  • Bunkum VendorLittleBigRefresh Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.2.1 Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch available CNA
  • Bunkum (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.2.1 Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch available GHSA-jrf2-h5j6-3rrq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:littlebigfresh:bunkum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 to before 4.2.1VulnerableLittlebigfresh
  • cpe:2.3:a:littlebigfresh:bunkum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 to before 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·Littlebigfresh

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Bunkum (LittleBigRefresh) Fixed in 4.2.1
  • Fix · GHSA-jrf2-h5j6-3rrq Bunkum (NuGet) Fixed in 4.2.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45814
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrf2-h5j6-3rrq

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