CVE-2021-32738CWE-287

Utils.readChallengeTx does not verify the server account signature

Medium · published July 2, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

js-stellar-sdk is a Javascript library for communicating with a Stellar Horizon server. The `Utils.readChallengeTx` function used in SEP-10 Stellar Web Authentication states in its function documentation that it reads and validates the challenge transaction including verifying that the `serverAccountID` has signed the transaction. In js-stellar-sdk before version 8.2.3, the function does not verify that the server has signed the transaction. Applications that also used `Utils.verifyChallengeTxThreshold` or `Utils.verifyChallengeTxSigners` to verify the signatures including the server signature on the challenge transaction are unaffected as those functions verify the server signed the transaction. Applications calling `Utils.readChallengeTx` should update to version 8.2.3, the first version with a patch for this vulnerability, to ensure that the challenge transaction is completely valid and signed by the server creating the challenge transaction.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00514 · 42.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2021-07-02T18:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUL 18:15Z
    Utils.readChallengeTx does not verify the server account signature
    cvelistv5