CVE-2025-65962
📋 TL;DR
This CVE-2025-65962 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tuleap's tracker field dependencies that allows attackers to modify tracker fields without proper authorization. It affects Tuleap Community Edition versions before 17.0.99.1763803709 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition versions before 17.0-4 and 16.13-9. Attackers can exploit this to manipulate project tracking data through crafted requests.
💻 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
Attackers could modify critical tracker fields to disrupt project management, alter permissions, or manipulate workflow states, potentially causing data integrity issues and project delays.
Likely Case
Unauthorized modifications to tracker fields leading to incorrect project data, misconfigured workflows, or minor project disruptions.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections and user awareness, potentially only affecting users who click malicious links while authenticated.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires the victim to be authenticated and to interact with a malicious request, but the CSRF mechanism itself is straightforward.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Community Edition: 17.0.99.1763803709; Enterprise Edition: 17.0-4 or 16.13-9
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/security/advisories/GHSA-9hgc-cm68-rrgc
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Backup your Tuleap installation and database. 2. Update to the patched version using your package manager or manual upgrade. 3. Restart Tuleap services. 4. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens Manually
allAdd custom CSRF protection to tracker field dependency endpoints if immediate patching isn't possible.
Restrict User Access
allLimit tracker modification permissions to trusted users only and implement strict access controls.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement network segmentation to isolate Tuleap instances from untrusted networks.
- Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) with CSRF protection rules.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Tuleap version via web interface or command line: 'tuleap version' or review /etc/tuleap/conf/local.inc.Check Version:
tuleap versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 17.0.99.1763803709 or higher for Community Edition, or 17.0-4/16.13-9 or higher for Enterprise Edition.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual tracker field modifications from unexpected IPs or user sessions
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations in application logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to tracker endpoints without proper referrer headers or CSRF tokens
SIEM Query:
source="tuleap_logs" AND (event="tracker_field_modified" AND user_agent="*malicious*" OR referrer="*suspicious*")🔗 References
- https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/commit/26678c5b411042e68964b199bf88a44607550633
- https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/security/advisories/GHSA-9hgc-cm68-rrgc
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/git/tuleap/tuleap/stable?a=commit&h=26678c5b411042e68964b199bf88a44607550633
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/tracker/?aid=45632
