CVE-2023-28436

Tailscale is software for using Wireguard and multi-factor authentication (MFA). A vulnerability identified in the implementation of Tailscale SSH starting in version 1.34.0 and prior to prior to 1.38.2 in FreeBSD allows commands to be run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. A difference in the behavior of the FreeBSD `setgroups` system call from POSIX meant that the Tailscale client running on a FreeBSD-based operating system did not appropriately restrict groups on the host when using Tailscale SSH. When accessing a FreeBSD host over Tailscale SSH, the egid of the tailscaled process was used instead of that of the user specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. Tailscale SSH commands may have been run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules if they met all of the following criteria: the destination node was a FreeBSD device with Tailscale SSH enabled; Tailscale SSH access rules permitted access for non-root users; and a non-interactive SSH session was used. Affected users should upgrade to version 1.38.2 to remediate the issue.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:tailscale:tailscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:55

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/commit/d00c046b723dff6e3775d7d35f891403ac21a47d - Patch () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/commit/d00c046b723dff6e3775d7d35f891403ac21a47d - Patch
References () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/releases/tag/v1.38.2 - Patch, Release Notes () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/releases/tag/v1.38.2 - Patch, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/security/advisories/GHSA-vfgq-g5x8-g595 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory () https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/security/advisories/GHSA-vfgq-g5x8-g595 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://tailscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2023-003 - Vendor Advisory () https://tailscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2023-003 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.0
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.7

07 Nov 2023, 04:10

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Summary Tailscale is software for using Wireguard and multi-factor authentication (MFA). A vulnerability identified in the implementation of Tailscale SSH starting in version 1.34.0 and prior to prior to 1.38.2 in FreeBSD allows commands to be run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. A difference in the behavior of the FreeBSD `setgroups` system call from POSIX meant that the Tailscale client running on a FreeBSD-based operating system did not appropriately restrict groups on the host when using Tailscale SSH. When accessing a FreeBSD host over Tailscale SSH, the egid of the tailscaled process was used instead of that of the user specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. Tailscale SSH commands may have been run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules if they met all of the following criteria: the destination node was a FreeBSD device with Tailscale SSH enabled; Tailscale SSH access rules permitted access for non-root users; and a non-interactive SSH session was used. Affected users should upgrade to version 1.38.2 to remediate the issue. Tailscale is software for using Wireguard and multi-factor authentication (MFA). A vulnerability identified in the implementation of Tailscale SSH starting in version 1.34.0 and prior to prior to 1.38.2 in FreeBSD allows commands to be run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. A difference in the behavior of the FreeBSD `setgroups` system call from POSIX meant that the Tailscale client running on a FreeBSD-based operating system did not appropriately restrict groups on the host when using Tailscale SSH. When accessing a FreeBSD host over Tailscale SSH, the egid of the tailscaled process was used instead of that of the user specified in Tailscale SSH access rules. Tailscale SSH commands may have been run with a higher privilege group ID than that specified in Tailscale SSH access rules if they met all of the following criteria: the destination node was a FreeBSD device with Tailscale SSH enabled; Tailscale SSH access rules permitted access for non-root users; and a non-interactive SSH session was used. Affected users should upgrade to version 1.38.2 to remediate the issue.

Information

Published : 2023-03-23 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:55


NVD link : CVE-2023-28436

Mitre link : CVE-2023-28436

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-28436


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Products Affected

tailscale

  • tailscale
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management