CVE-2023-38201: Keylime registrar and (untrusted) Agent can be bypassed by an attacker

CVE-2023-38201 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-08-25

A flaw was found in the Keylime registrar that could allow a bypass of the challenge-response protocol during agent registration. This issue may allow an attacker to impersonate an agent and hide the true status of a monitored machine if the fake agent is added to the verifier list by a legitimate user, resulting in a breach of the integrity of the registrar database.

Technologies: keylime (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2023-38201 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-38201 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2023-38201?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 August 2023.
Which products and versions are affected?
keylime (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.5.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9e5ac9f25cd400b16d5969f531cee28290543f2a|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.5.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2023-38201?
Yes. keylime (PyPI): upgrade to 7.5.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2023-38201?
Check whether you run keylime (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

  • keylime (PyPI): upgrade to 7.5.0 or later
    pip install "keylime>=7.5.0"

Affected products

  • keylime (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.5.0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9e5ac9f25cd400b16d5969f531cee28290543f2a|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.5.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2023-38201
  • GHSA-f4r5-q63f-gcww
  • PYSEC-2023-160

This page as Markdown. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back.