CVE-2023-47128
Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-47128 affects Piccolo, an object-relational mapping and query builder that supports asyncio. The vulnerability was discovered in version 1.1.0 and fixed in version 1.1.1. The issue involves SQL injection vulnerability in the handling of named transaction savepoints in all database implementations, where user-provided input is passed directly to connection.execute via f-strings without proper escaping (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the savepoint handling functionality where user input is directly passed to connection.execute without proper escaping. This affects all implementations of savepoints and savepoint methods. The CVSS v3.1 score is 9.1 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, an attacker could gain direct access to the database with permissions associated with the database user. The potential impacts include: reading all data stored in the database (including usernames and password hashes), inserting or modifying arbitrary data in the database, and potentially gaining shell access to the underlying server (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.1.1. Users should upgrade to this version or later to address the security issue. The fix involves implementing proper validation of savepoint names to prevent SQL injection (GitHub Patch).

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