CVE-2023-48222
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows authenticated users in Rundeck to bypass authorization checks and access two specific URLs, enabling them to view or delete jobs without proper permissions. It affects both Rundeck Open Source and Process Automation products. All authenticated users could potentially exploit this flaw.
💻 Affected Systems
- Rundeck Open Source
- Rundeck Process Automation
📦 What is this software?
Rundeck by Pagerduty
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Malicious authenticated users could delete critical automation jobs, disrupting business operations and causing data loss or service outages.
Likely Case
Unauthorized viewing of sensitive job configurations and potential deletion of non-critical jobs by users exceeding their intended permissions.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact would be limited to attempted unauthorized access that could be detected and blocked.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is straightforward once authenticated. No public exploit code has been disclosed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.17.3
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck/security/advisories/GHSA-phmw-jx86-x666
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Backup your Rundeck configuration and data. 2. Stop the Rundeck service. 3. Upgrade to version 4.17.3 using your package manager or manual installation. 4. Restart the Rundeck service. 5. Verify the upgrade was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
No workarounds available
allThe vendor advisory states there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to Rundeck to only trusted, necessary users and implement strict authentication requirements.
- Implement enhanced monitoring and alerting for unauthorized job access or deletion attempts.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check your Rundeck version via the web interface or by running 'rundeckd --version' on the server. If version is below 4.17.3, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
rundeckd --versionVerify Fix Applied:
After upgrading, verify the version is 4.17.3 or higher and test that authenticated users cannot access unauthorized job management URLs.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to job management URLs
- Job deletion or viewing by users without proper permissions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to specific vulnerable URLs by authenticated users
SIEM Query:
source="rundeck" AND (url_path="/api/XX/jobs" OR url_path="/api/YY/jobs") AND user!="authorized_user"