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AWS S3 Crypto SDK sends an unencrypted hash of the plaintext alongside the ciphertext as a metadata field

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 28, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 5, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.34.0

Patched versions

1.34.0

Description

The AWS S3 Crypto SDK sends an unencrypted hash of the plaintext alongside the ciphertext as a metadata field. This hash can be used to brute force the plaintext, if the hash is readable to the attacker. AWS now blocks this metadata field, but older SDK versions still send it.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 28, 2022
Reviewed Dec 30, 2022
Last updated Jul 5, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.053%
(23rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-2582

GHSA ID

GHSA-6jvc-q2x7-pchv

Source code

Credits

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