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TI-2023-30721 Aliases GHSA-xv3q-jrmm-4fxv

Authentication Bypass in @strapi/plugin-users-permissions

Priority LOW 38Published · 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
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

### Summary Strapi through 4.5.6 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. ### Details Strapi through 4.5.6 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the 'None' type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication. ### IoC Reviewing of application logs is recommended to detect any suspicious activity. Running the following regex pattern will extract all ID tokens sent to `/api/auth/cognito/callback`. `/\/api\/auth\/cognito\/callback\?[\s\S]*id_token=\s*([\S]*)/` Once you have a list of the ID tokens, you will need to verify each token using the public key file for your AWS Cognito user pool that you can download from `https://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com/{userPoolId}/.well-known/jwks.json`. If there are any JWT tokens that cannot be verified using the correct public key, then you need to inspect the JWT body and see if it contains the `email` and `cognito:username` claims (example below). ```json { "cognito:username": "auth-bypass-example", "email": "[email protected]" } ``` If there are any JWTs that have this body, verify when the account with the email address was created. If the account was created earlier than the request to `/api/auth/cognito/callback` with the invalid JWT token, then you need to contact the user to inform them their account has been breached! After upgrading to Strapi v4.6.0 or greater you will need to reconfigure your AWS Cognito provider to include the JWKS URL for it to work properly. If you do not reconfigure your provider you will receive an error message when attempting to login. ### Impact Any Strapi user using the users-permissions AWS Cognito provider before 4.6.0

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed @strapi/plugin-users-permissions (npm): 4.6.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—@strapi/plugin-users-permissions (npm)3.2.1 to before 4.6.04.6.0Patch availableGHSA-xv3q-jrmm-4fxv
  • @strapi/plugin-users-permissions (npm) Vendor— Affected 3.2.1 to before 4.6.0 Fixed in 4.6.0 Patch available GHSA-xv3q-jrmm-4fxv

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xv3q-jrmm-4fxv @strapi/plugin-users-permissions (npm) Fixed in 4.6.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-xv3q-jrmm-4fxv

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