CVE-2021-21336: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Products.PluggableAuthService ZODBRoleManager

CVE-2021-21336 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-03-08

Products.PluggableAuthService is a pluggable Zope authentication and authorization framework. In Products.PluggableAuthService before version 2.6.0 there is an information disclosure vulnerability - everyone can list the names of roles defined in the ZODB Role Manager plugin if the site uses this plugin. The problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0. Depending on how you have installed Products.PluggableAuthService, you should change the buildout version pin to 2.6.0 and re-run the buildout, or if you used pip simply do `pip install "Products.PluggableAuthService>=2.6.0"`.

Technologies: products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-21336 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-21336 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-21336?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 8 March 2021.
Which products and versions are affected?
products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.6.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=2dad81128250cb2e5d950cddc9d3c0314a80b4bb|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.6.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-21336?
Yes. products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI): upgrade to 2.6.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-21336?
Check whether you run products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI): upgrade to 2.6.0 or later
    pip install "products-pluggableauthservice>=2.6.0"

Affected products

  • products-pluggableauthservice (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.6.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=2dad81128250cb2e5d950cddc9d3c0314a80b4bb|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.6.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-21336
  • GHSA-p75f-g7gx-2r7p
  • PYSEC-2021-44

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