Authentication Bypass in october/system (CVE-2021-29487)
Summary
Authentication bypass in october/system (CVE-2021-29487). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.1.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication using a specially crafted persist cookie.
- To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must obtain a Laravel’s secret key for cookie encryption and signing.
- Due to the logic of how this mechanism works, a targeted user account must be logged in while
the attacker is exploiting the vulnerability. - Authorization via persist cookie not shown in access logs.
Patches
- Issue has been patched in Build 472 and v1.1.5
- Shortened patch instructions
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374 and https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9 to your installation manually if you are unable to upgrade.
[Update 2022-01-20] Shortened patch instructions can be found here.
Recommendations
We recommend the following steps to make sure your server stays secure:
- Keep server OS and system software up to date.
- Keep October CMS software up to date.
- Use a multi-factor authentication plugin.
- Change the default backend URL or block public access to the backend area.
- Include the Roave/SecurityAdvisories Composer package to ensure that your application doesn't have installed depend…
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-29487 has been found in october/system.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade october/system to 1.1.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "october/system CVE-2021-29487" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-29487 (october/system) — CWE-287
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.1.5 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in october/system.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of october/system.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.1.5.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'october/system' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'october/system' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
october/systemを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade october/system to 1.1.5ステージング環境で 1.1.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com