CVE-2023-46115
October 19, 2023
Tauri is a framework for building binaries for all major desktop platforms. This advisory is not describing a vulnerability in the Tauri code base itself but a commonly used misconfiguration which could lead to leaking of the private key and updater key password into bundled Tauri applications using the Vite frontend in a specific configuration. The Tauri documentation used an insecure example configuration in the "Vite guide" to showcase how to use Tauri together with Vite. Copying the following snippet "envPrefix: ['VITE_', 'TAURI_']," from this guide into the "vite.config.ts" of a Tauri project leads to bundling the "TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY" and "TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD" into the Vite frontend code and therefore leaking this value to the released Tauri application. Using the "envPrefix: ['VITE_']," or any other framework than Vite means you are not impacted by this advisory. Users are advised to rotate their updater private key if they are affected by this (requires Tauri CLI >=1.5.5). After updating the envPrefix configuration, generate a new private key with "tauri signer generate", saving the new private key and updating the updater's "pubkey" value on "tauri.conf.json" with the new public key. To update your existing application, the next application build must be signed with the older private key in order to be accepted by the existing application.
Affected Packages
@tauri-apps/cli (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.5.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.5.6@tauri-apps/cli (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-alpha.0 <2.0.0-alpha.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.0-alpha.16Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06