Vulnerability in github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki (CVE-2021-3908)
Summary
Vulnerability in github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki (CVE-2021-3908). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.4.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-3908 has been found in github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki to 1.4.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki CVE-2021-3908" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-3908 (github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki) — CWE-400
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.4.0 — 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-400) exists in github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.4.0.
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 'github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki' . 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 'github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki' . | 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
github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki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 github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki to 1.4.0ステージング環境で 1.4.0 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 github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory debian.org
- package github.com
- web github.com