5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-39304
GitHub Apps ghinstallation Bearer Token Exposure
Description

ghinstallation provides transport, which implements http.RoundTripper to provide authentication as an installation for GitHub Apps. In ghinstallation version 1, when the request to refresh an installation token failed, the HTTP request and response would be returned for debugging. The request contained the bearer JWT for the App, and was returned back to clients. This token is short lived (10 minute maximum). This issue has been patched and is available in version 2.0.0.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 20, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-39304 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ghinstallation_project ghinstallation

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-39304 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps#authenticating-as-an-installation
    Added Reference https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/blob/24e56b3fb7669f209134a01eff731d7e2ef72a5c/transport.go#L172-L174
    Added Reference https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/commit/d24f14f8be70d94129d76026e8b0f4f9170c8c3e
    Added Reference https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/security/advisories/GHSA-h4q8-96p6-jcgr
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ghinstallation provides transport, which implements http.RoundTripper to provide authentication as an installation for GitHub Apps. In ghinstallation version 1, when the request to refresh an installation token failed, the HTTP request and response would be returned for debugging. The request contained the bearer JWT for the App, and was returned back to clients. This token is short lived (10 minute maximum). This issue has been patched and is available in version 2.0.0. ghinstallation provides transport, which implements http.RoundTripper to provide authentication as an installation for GitHub Apps. In ghinstallation version 1, when the request to refresh an installation token failed, the HTTP request and response would be returned for debugging. The request contained the bearer JWT for the App, and was returned back to clients. This token is short lived (10 minute maximum). This issue has been patched and is available in version 2.0.0.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps#authenticating-as-an-installation No Types Assigned https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps#authenticating-as-an-installation Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/blob/24e56b3fb7669f209134a01eff731d7e2ef72a5c/transport.go#L172-L174 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/blob/24e56b3fb7669f209134a01eff731d7e2ef72a5c/transport.go#L172-L174 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/commit/d24f14f8be70d94129d76026e8b0f4f9170c8c3e No Types Assigned https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/commit/d24f14f8be70d94129d76026e8b0f4f9170c8c3e Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/security/advisories/GHSA-h4q8-96p6-jcgr No Types Assigned https://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/security/advisories/GHSA-h4q8-96p6-jcgr Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ghinstallation_project:ghinstallation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.0.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.03 }} -0.08%

score

0.06304

percentile

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