CVE-2022-2306
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A session token vulnerability (CVE-2022-2306) was discovered in Nakama software, affecting versions up to (excluding) 3.13.0. The vulnerability was identified and reported on July 4, 2022, where old session tokens could be used to authenticate to the application and send authenticated requests (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. The issue is categorized as CWE-613 (Insufficient Session Expiration), allowing unauthorized access through expired session tokens (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to use expired session tokens to maintain unauthorized access to the application and perform authenticated requests. This could lead to high-severity integrity impacts while confidentiality and availability remain unaffected (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to Nakama version 3.13.0 or later. The fix involves correctly handling session token invalidation during logouts (GitHub Patch).

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