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TI-2023-28310 Aliases CVE-2023-51663GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw

Hail authentication can be bypassed by changing email address

Priority LOW 32CWE-289Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Hail is an open-source, general-purpose, Python-based data analysis tool with additional data types and methods for working with genomic data. Hail relies on OpenID Connect (OIDC) email addresses from ID tokens to verify the validity of a user's domain, but because users have the ability to change their email address, they could create accounts and use resources in clusters that they should not have access to. For example, a user could create a Microsoft or Google account and then change their email to `[email protected]`. This account can then be used to create a Hail Batch account in Hail Batch clusters whose organization domain is `example.org`. The attacker is not able to access private data or impersonate another user, but they would have the ability to run jobs if Hail Batch billing projects are enabled and create Azure Tenants if they have Azure Active Directory Administrator access.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed hail (hail-is): 0.2.127hail (PyPI): 0.2.127

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
hail-ishailbefore 0.2.1270.2.127Patch availableCNA
—hail (PyPI)before 0.2.1270.2.127Patch availableGHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw
  • hail Vendorhail-is Affected before 0.2.127 Fixed in 0.2.127 Patch available CNA
  • hail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.127 Fixed in 0.2.127 Patch available GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hail:hail:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*before 0.2.127VulnerableHail
  • cpe:2.3:a:hail:hail:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions before 0.2.127 Vulnerable ·Hail

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA hail (hail-is) Fixed in 0.2.127
  • Fix · GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw hail (PyPI) Fixed in 0.2.127 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-51663
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-487p-qx68-5vjw

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