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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-36815
CVE-2023-36815:
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Overview
Sealos, a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications, was found to contain a permission control vulnerability in its billing system in version 4.2.0 and prior. The vulnerability was discovered on June 30, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-36815. The flaw allows users to manipulate the recharge resource account 'sealos.io/v1/Payment', enabling unauthorized recharges of 1 RMB (GitHub Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). The technical root cause stems from improper permission controls in the billing system, where the namespace of the custom resource remains under user control, allowing for unauthorized manipulation of payment resources (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability affects the Sealos public cloud infrastructure and allows authenticated users to perform unauthorized recharge operations. This could lead to financial impact through unauthorized transactions and exposure of resource information through the charging interface (GitHub Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the latest reports, there is no clear fix available for this vulnerability. Users running Sealos version 4.2.0 or earlier should monitor for updates and implement additional access controls where possible (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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