CVE-2023-32731
June 09, 2023
When gRPC HTTP2 stack raised a header size exceeded error, it skipped parsing the rest of the HPACK frame. This caused any HPACK table mutations to also be skipped, resulting in a desynchronization of HPACK tables between sender and receiver. If leveraged, say, between a proxy and a backend, this could lead to requests from the proxy being interpreted as containing headers from different proxy clients - leading to an information leak that can be used for privilege escalation or data exfiltration. We recommend upgrading beyond the commit contained in https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005
Affected Packages
io.grpc:grpc-protobuf (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.54.0 <1.54.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.54.2grpcio (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =1.54.0 <1.54.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.54.2grpcio (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =1.53.0 <1.53.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.53.1grpc (RUBY):
Affected version(s) =1.54.0 <1.54.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.54.2grpc (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=1.53.0 <1.53.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.53.1Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Expected Behavior Violation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07