Authentication bypass in svix
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
Versions of the package svix before 1.17.0 are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to an issue in the verify function where signatures of different lengths are incorrectly compared. An attacker can bypass signature verification by providing a shorter signature that matches the beginning of the actual signature. **Note:** The attacker would need to know a victim uses the Rust library for verification,no easy way to automatically check that; and uses webhooks by a service that uses Svix, and then figure out a way to craft a malicious payload that will actually include all of the correct identifiers needed to trick the receivers to cause actual issues.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | svix | before 1.17.0 | 1.17.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | svix (crates.io) | before 1.17.0 | 1.17.0 | Patch available | GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97 |
- svix Vendor— Affected before 1.17.0 Fixed in 1.17.0 Patch available CNA
- svix (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 1.17.0 Fixed in 1.17.0 Patch available GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97
Remediation
- Fix · CNA svix Fixed in 1.17.0
- Fix · GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97 svix (crates.io) Fixed in 1.17.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21491
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-21491 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-21491 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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