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TI-2023-30692 Aliases GHSA-mhgm-52vg-pvvc

Privilege escalation in Strongbox

Priority LOW 38CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

### Impact An attacker with read-only access to a Strongbox secret could craft a valid encrypted secret (same id/version). It also makes the audit logs from KMS less useful. The issue is caused by a bug in the underlying AWS Encryption SDK. By default, the encrypted secrets are stored in DynamoDB and an attacker with read-only access would not be able to write the encrypted secret to DynamoDB. So in practice the impact should be limited for most users. Strongbox supports storing data in files as an alternative to DynamoDB. If the attacker had write access to where the files are stored they could make the attack work end-to-end. Similarly, any custom storage backend could also be affected. In order to be backwards compatible Strongbox will not make use of key commitments (another improvement to the AWS Encryption SDK). Strongbox enforces that only one KMS key can be used, and it must match the expected one. This means that an attacker needs write access to both KMS and DynamoDB (or other storage backend) to stage an attack, which is not a scenario Strongbox is designed to protect against. ### Patches Fixed in version 0.5.0. ### Workarounds None ### References - https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-java/security/advisories/GHSA-55xh-53m6-936r - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/encryption-sdk/latest/developer-guide/concepts.html#key-commitment

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed com.schibsted.security:strongbox-sdk (Maven): 0.5.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—com.schibsted.security:strongbox-sdk (Maven)before 0.5.00.5.0Patch availableGHSA-mhgm-52vg-pvvc
  • com.schibsted.security:strongbox-sdk (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.0 Fixed in 0.5.0 Patch available GHSA-mhgm-52vg-pvvc

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-mhgm-52vg-pvvc com.schibsted.security:strongbox-sdk (Maven) Fixed in 0.5.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-mhgm-52vg-pvvc

References

Sources

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