Admin-to-SuperAdmin escalation via unchecked role update
Published Jul 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Privilege escalation in affected YugabyteDB Anywhere releases allows remote authenticated users with Admin access to become SuperAdmin. UsersController.changeRole converts the PUT request's role parameter directly to a role and saves it without rejecting SuperAdmin. An existing Admin session and adjacent-network access are required; success grants control of sensitive platform functions and managed data.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in affected YugabyteDB Anywhere releases allows remote authenticated users with Admin access to become SuperAdmin. UsersController.changeRole converts the PUT request's role parameter directly to a role and saves it without rejecting SuperAdmin. An existing Admin session and adjacent-network access are required; success grants control of sensitive platform functions and managed data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6908
- Published
- Jul 19, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- YugabyteDB, Inc.
- Product
- YugabyteDB Anywhere
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1098
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.14.0.0 <=2.14.17.0
- Affected versionversion=2.16.0.0 <=2.16.9.0
- Affected versionversion=2.18.0.0 <2.18.7.0
- Affected versionversion=2.20.0.0 <2.20.3.0
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