CVE-2024-53829
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2024-53829 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CodeChecker that allows unauthenticated attackers to perform actions with the permissions of logged-in users, including adding, removing, or editing products. This affects all CodeChecker users with web interface access through version 6.24.4.
💻 Affected Systems
- CodeChecker
📦 What is this software?
Codechecker by Ericsson
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could delete or modify all products in CodeChecker, disrupting development workflows and potentially removing critical security analysis data.
Likely Case
Attackers with knowledge of product IDs could modify or delete specific products, causing data loss and workflow disruption.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, attackers cannot perform unauthorized actions even if they trick users into visiting malicious sites.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires the attacker to trick an authenticated user into visiting a malicious website while logged into CodeChecker. The attacker needs knowledge of product IDs for targeted attacks.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.24.5 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/security/advisories/GHSA-f8c8-4pm7-w885
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update CodeChecker to version 6.24.5 or later. 2. No restart required as this is a web application fix. 3. Verify CSRF protections are enabled in configuration.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF tokens manually
allAdd CSRF protection tokens to all state-changing API endpoints if unable to patch immediately
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict CodeChecker web interface to trusted networks only
- Implement web application firewall rules to detect CSRF patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check CodeChecker version with 'CodeChecker version' command. Versions 6.24.4 and earlier are vulnerable.Check Version:
CodeChecker versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify installation of version 6.24.5 or later and test that API endpoints now require CSRF tokens.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual product modifications from unexpected IP addresses
- API calls without proper referrer headers
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to CodeChecker API endpoints without CSRF tokens
- Requests with mismatched origin/referrer headers
SIEM Query:
web.logs | where url contains "/CodeChecker/api/" and method == "POST" and (csrftoken == null or referrer not contains "codechecker-domain")