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Apache Solr can leak certain passwords due to System Property redaction logic inconsistencies

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 9, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 9, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.solr:solr-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.0.0, < 8.11.3
>= 9.0.0, < 9.3.0

Patched versions

8.11.3
9.3.0

Description

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Apache Solr.

This issue affects Apache Solr from 6.0.0 through 8.11.2, from 9.0.0 before 9.3.0.
One of the two endpoints that publishes the Solr process' Java system properties, /admin/info/properties, was only setup to hide system properties that had "password" contained in the name.
There are a number of sensitive system properties, such as "basicauth" and "aws.secretKey" do not contain "password", thus their values were published via the "/admin/info/properties" endpoint.
This endpoint populates the list of System Properties on the home screen of the Solr Admin page, making the exposed credentials visible in the UI.

This /admin/info/properties endpoint is protected under the "config-read" permission.
Therefore, Solr Clouds with Authorization enabled will only be vulnerable through logged-in users that have the "config-read" permission.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.3.0 or 8.11.3, both of which fix the issue.
A single option now controls hiding Java system property for all endpoints, "-Dsolr.hiddenSysProps".
By default all known sensitive properties are hidden (including "-Dbasicauth"), as well as any property with a name containing "secret" or "password".

Users who cannot upgrade can also use the following Java system property to fix the issue:
  -Dsolr.redaction.system.pattern=.*(password|secret|basicauth).*

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 9, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2024
Reviewed Feb 9, 2024
Last updated Feb 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.112%
(45th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-50291

GHSA ID

GHSA-3hwc-rqwp-v36q

Source code

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