CVE-2024-46988
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Tuleap allows users to receive email notifications containing information they shouldn't have access to, potentially exposing sensitive development data. It affects all Tuleap Community and Enterprise Edition users running vulnerable versions. The issue is an improper permissions handling flaw that leaks restricted information through email notifications.
💻 Affected Systems
- Tuleap Community Edition
- Tuleap Enterprise Edition
📦 What is this software?
Tuleap by Enalean
Tuleap by Enalean
Tuleap by Enalean
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Sensitive intellectual property, source code, or confidential development artifacts are exposed to unauthorized users through email notifications, leading to data breaches and competitive intelligence leaks.
Likely Case
Users receive notifications about projects, artifacts, or discussions they shouldn't have access to, potentially exposing internal development processes, bug reports, or feature planning information.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, the impact is limited to information leakage that may not include highly sensitive data, though it still violates least privilege principles.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires a user account and appears to be triggered through normal system usage rather than a targeted attack. The vulnerability is in the notification logic itself.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Tuleap Community Edition 15.13.99.40, Tuleap Enterprise Edition 15.13-3, Tuleap Enterprise Edition 15.12-6
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/security/advisories/GHSA-g76g-hc92-96xw
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Backup your Tuleap installation and database. 2. Update Tuleap using your distribution's package manager or the Tuleap upgrade process. 3. Restart Tuleap services. 4. Verify the update was successful by checking the version.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Email Notifications
allTemporarily disable all email notifications to prevent information leakage while planning the upgrade.
# Edit Tuleap configuration to disable email notifications
# Locate and modify the email notification settings in your Tuleap configuration
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and review user permissions to minimize potential exposure
- Monitor email notification logs and audit user access patterns for unusual activity
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check your Tuleap version against the vulnerable versions listed in the affected systems section.Check Version:
tuleap version or check the Tuleap web interface administration panelVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify the version is at or above the fixed versions and test that email notifications respect user permissions.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual email notification patterns
- Users reporting receiving notifications for projects they shouldn't access
- Access logs showing permission violations in notification generation
Network Indicators:
- Increased email traffic from Tuleap system
- Patterns of notifications being sent to users outside their project groups
SIEM Query:
source="tuleap" AND (event="notification_sent" OR event="email_sent") | stats count by user, project | where project NOT IN user_projects