CVE-2020-13794: Medium severity harbor vulnerability

Published Sep 29, 2020
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Updated

Impact

Hidde Smit from Cyber Eagle has discovered an User Enumeration flaw in Harbor. The issue is present in the "/users" api endpoint. This endpoint is supposed to be restricted to administrators. This restriction is able to be bypassed and information can be obtained via the "search" functionality.

Non-administrator users (such as those created via self-registration) can list all usernames and user IDs by sending a GET request to /api/users/search with parameter "username" and value "", as follows:

curl -X GET "https://<host>/api/users/search?username=" -H "accept: application/json" --user <user>:<password>

The vulnerability was immediately fixed by the Harbor team and all supported versions were patched. With the patched versions of Harbor, the username is required for search and we have removed the support for querying by email.

Patches If your product uses the affected releases of Harbor, update to either version 2.1.0 or 2.0.3 to fix this issue immediately

https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.1.0 https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.0.3

Workarounds There is no workaround for this issue

For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, contact cncf-harbor-security@lists.cncf.io View our security policy at https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/security/policy https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13794

Other sources

Harbor 1.9. 1.10. and 2.0. allows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor.

Affected Software

2 affected componentsFixes available
go/github.com/goharbor/harbor<2.0.3
2.0.3
linuxfoundation Harbor>=1.9.0<2.0.3

Event History

Sep 29, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:17 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:17 PM
Description
May 24, 2021
Advisory Published
04:58 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this security issue?

The vulnerability ID for this security issue is CVE-2020-13794.

2

What is the impact of CVE-2020-13794?

CVE-2020-13794 allows exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13794?

The severity of CVE-2020-13794 is medium, with a severity value of 4.3 out of 10.

4

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-13794?

Harbor versions 1.9.*, 1.10.*, and 2.0.* are affected by CVE-2020-13794.

5

How can I fix CVE-2020-13794?

To fix CVE-2020-13794, update your Harbor software to version 2.0.3.

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