Arbitrary Workspace Launch in Eclipse Che by Malicious Webpages
CVE-2019-17633

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

Status
Eclipse Che
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 December 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2019-17633?

Eclipse Che versions 6.16 to 7.3.0 are vulnerable to an issue where, with both authentication and TLS disabled, a user could inadvertently initiate an arbitrary workspace by visiting a malicious website. While such configurations are rarely deployed on public networks, they can be found in local installations, like on personal laptops. In these cases, even if the Che API is not exposed, local browser scripts could send unauthorized requests, leading to possible exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

Eclipse Che 6.16.0 to 7.3.0 inclusive

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2019-17633
Created by mgrube

References

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=551596
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by Michael Grube
.