Vulnerability in Netmaker (CVE-2023-32079)
Summary
Vulnerability in Netmaker (CVE-2023-32079). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.17.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. A Mass assignment vulnerability was found in versions prior to 0.17.1 and 0.18.6 that allows a non-admin user to escalate privileges to those of an admin user. The issue is patched in 0.17.1 and fixed in 0.18.6. If Users are using 0.17.1, they should run docker pull gravitl/netmaker:v0.17.1 and docker-compose up -d. This will switch them to the patched users If users are using v0.18.0-0.18.5, they should upgrade to v0.18.6 or later. As a workaround, someone using version 0.17.1 can pull the latest docker image of the backend and restart the server.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-32079 has been found in Netmaker.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Netmaker to 0.17.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Netmaker CVE-2023-32079" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-32079 (Netmaker) — CWE-915 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 0.17.1 — 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-915) exists in Netmaker.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Netmaker.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 0.17.1.
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 'Netmaker' . 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 'Netmaker' . | 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
Netmaker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 Netmaker to 0.17.1ステージング環境で 0.17.1 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。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov