MongoHook SSL allow_insecure cert validation bypass (3.9)
CVE-2024-25141 Published on February 20, 2024
Apache Airflow Mongo Provider: Certificate validation isn't respected even if SSL is enabled for apache-airflow-providers-mongo
When ssl was enabled for Mongo Hook, default settings included "allow_insecure" which caused that certificates were not validated. This was unexpected and undocumented.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0, which fixes this issue.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-25141 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-25141
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Mongo Provider:- Version 1.0.0 and below 4.0.0 is affected.
- Version 0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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