[CKAN-Security] Auth_tkt Cookie Spoofing

Sun Dec 8 12:09:44 UTC 2019

Hi Ian,

There are two issues here, one issue is the cookie is not invalidating even
if the user logged out and the second issue is the single cookie is the
only source of truth here.

I would like to suggest having a timeout on the cookie, because right now
the cookie is not invalidating even after 10 days also, secondly to manage
a server-side session also, so that impersonating with cookie will not be
that much easy.

While implementing this I came across
https://github.com/data-govt-nz/ckanext-security extension. The extension
solved the problem, but I would suggest fixing this in core CKAN only. If
it is okay, I would like to take this issue and fix it and will raise a PR
once I am satisfied with it. Please give your feedback.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 6:00 PM Ian Ward <ian at excess.org> wrote:

> Thank you for keeping on us about this Shubham,
>
> What do you see as an appropriate fix? Should we be recording the log
> out on the server side and verifying the cookies against the database
> on every page view? Would enforcing a time limit on cookies be good
> enough instead?
>
> Ian
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 5:00 AM Shubham Mahajan
> <mr.shubhammahajan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Team
> >
> > I am really looking forward to an update in the form of an
> acknowledgement or a timeline to fix.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 8:23 PM Shubham Mahajan <
> mr.shubhammahajan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Adrià,
> >>
> >> I have tested this scenario with different methods and want to discuss
> with your team.
> >> Let me know if you have any questions.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:00 PM Shubham Mahajan <
> mr.shubhammahajan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Adrià,
> >>>
> >>> Any update on the below one?
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:51 PM Adrià Mercader <
> adria.mercader at okfn.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the report Shubham,
> >>>> The tech team will assess this and come back to you as soon as
> possible.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Adrià
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 14:15, Shubham Mahajan <
> mr.shubhammahajan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Team,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was going through my project and found out security issue in the
> CKAN core.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ### CKAN Version if known (or site URL)
> >>>>> ckan - 2.7.2 and https://demo.ckan.org/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ### Please describe the expected behaviour
> >>>>> The cookie should be invalidated if it is copied from other location
> or other device or when the user logged out from the device.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ### Please describe the actual behaviour
> >>>>> Once you logged into the CKAN, the cookie auth_tkt is generated. If
> I copy this cookie or the attacker got the cookie and open a fresh ckan
> portal and embedded the same cookie, its allowing to login to ckan portal.
> >>>>> Even if you logout and use the old cookie, it will allow you to
> login. Tested in demo.ckan.org also.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ### What steps can be taken to reproduce the issue?
> >>>>> 1. Login to demo.ckan.org
> >>>>> 2. Copy auth_tkt cookie.
> >>>>> 3. Paste that cookie in any other machine or browser or private mode.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It will log you in.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *Even if you logout and login again and logout and use the old
> cookie, its still working.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Shubham Mahajan
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> CKAN security
> >>>>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/security
> >>>>>
> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/security/adria.mercader%40okfn.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Repo: https://github.com/ckan/ckan-security
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Shubham Mahajan
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Shubham Mahajan
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shubham Mahajan
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > CKAN security
> > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/security
> > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/security/ian%40excess.org
> >
> > Repo: https://github.com/ckan/ckan-security
>

-- 
Regards,
Shubham Mahajan
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