Strapi does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow

Description

Strapi 3.2.1 until 4.6.0 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the ‘None’ type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication.

Recommendation

Update the @strapi/plugin-users-permissions package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 3.2.1, < 4.6.0
• Patched version(s): 4.6.0

References

• GHSA-583x-23h9-f5w7
• strapi.io
• www.ghostccamm.com
• CVE-2023-22893
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Unauthorized Access to Private Fields in User Registration API - @strapi/plugin-users-permissions - CVE-2023-39345
• Strapi: Password Reset Does Not Revoke Existing Refresh Sessions - @strapi/plugin-users-permissions - CVE-2026-22706
• Strapi may leak sensitive user information, user reset password, tokens via content-manager views - @strapi/utils - CVE-2023-36472
• Strapi may leak sensitive user information, user reset password, tokens via content-manager views - @strapi/plugin-content-manager - CVE-2023-36472

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Tags:

npm

@strapi/plugin-users-permissions