Neo4j Graph apoc plugins Partial Path Traversal Vulnerability
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Aug 11, 2022
in
neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 4.4.0.0, < 4.4.0.8
< 4.3.0.7
Patched versions
4.4.0.8
4.3.0.7
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 12, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Aug 12, 2022
Reviewed
Aug 12, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
Credits
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JLLeitschuh Analyst
Impact
A partial Directory Traversal Vulnerability found in
apoc.log.streamfunction of apoc plugins in Neo4j Graph database.This issue allows a malicious actor to potentially break out of the expected directory. The impact is limited to sibling directories. For example,
userControlled.getCanonicalPath().startsWith("/usr/out")will allow an attacker to access a directory with a name like/usr/outnot.Patches
The users should aim to use the latest released version compatible with their Neo4j version. The minimum versions containing patch for this vulnerability are 4.4.0.8 and 4.3.0.7
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade the library, you can control the allowlist of the functions that can be used in your system
For more information
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Credits
We want to publicly recognise the contribution of Jonathan Leitschuh for reporting this issue.
References