stigmem-node: RTBF tombstones are mis-attributed and suppress reads tenant-blind (cross-tenant BOLA)
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
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
### Summary On a multi-tenant stigmem node, RTBF (right-to-be-forgotten) tombstones were mis-scoped two ways. (1) `issue_tombstone` defaulted the tenant to `"default"` instead of the caller's tenant, so tombstones could be written to the wrong tenant. (2) The read-suppression path — `_get_tombstone_filter` (`routes/facts/common.py`) and the `_tombstone_scope_cache` (`lifecycle/tombstones.py`) — had no `tenant_id` predicate, so tombstone suppression was applied tenant-blind across fact queries and provenance. Reached via `/v1/tombstones` and the fact query/provenance read paths. ### Impact Cross-tenant integrity of the RTBF mechanism: a tenant's deletion request could be recorded against the wrong tenant, and tombstone suppression could hide — or fail to hide — facts across tenant boundaries, undermining both data-view correctness and RTBF guarantees. ### Affected configurations This is a cross-**tenant** break. It is exploitable **only** on deployments running the opt-in `stigmem-plugin-multi-tenant` (multiple tenants on one node). A default single-tenant node has only `tenant="default"` — there is no second tenant to cross — so it is **not exploitable** on default deployments. The rating is HIGH for the multi-tenant deployments the plugin exists to isolate. ### Patches Fixed in `0.9.0a12` (PR #728): `identity.tenant_id` is passed from `issue_tombstone` into `create_tombstone` (no more `"default"` fallback); `AND tenant_id = ?` was added to `_get_tombstone_filter` and `get_tombstone_status`; the suppression cache is re-keyed to include tenant; and all four read call sites thread the caller's tenant. A tenant-B tombstone now suppresses only tenant-B facts and is invisible to tenant-A reads. ### Workarounds None other than upgrading to `0.9.0a12`. Single-tenant deployments are unaffected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | stigmem-node (PyPI) | before 0.9.0a12 | 0.9.0a12 | Patch available | GHSA-x26h-xmv8-gxf7 |
- stigmem-node (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.0a12 Fixed in 0.9.0a12 Patch available GHSA-x26h-xmv8-gxf7
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-x26h-xmv8-gxf7 stigmem-node (PyPI) Fixed in 0.9.0a12 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-x26h-xmv8-gxf7
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