Medium, CVSS 6.5PackagistPublished
Pusher Service Channel Authentication Bypass
GHSA-7v7m-pcw5-h3cg
- Affected
- Packagist pusher/pusher-php-server < 2.2.1
- Fixed in
- 2.2.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- The service offered by Pusher provides "private" channels with an authentication mechanism that restricts subscription access. The decision on allowing subscriptions to private channels is delegated to customers, who implement an authentication endpoint. End-users request a token from this endpoint to join a specific channel. The token is an HMAC signature of the end-user's connection ID (socketid) and the desired channel. The issue arises from a lack of validation in the libraries provided to customers. This vulnerability allows a malicious end-user to submit a malformed socketid field, leading the customer to unknowingly sign a string. This signed string grants access to a different private channel than the one the end-user is ostensibly requesting. Consequently, a malicious end-user, with permission to subscribe to one private channel, can forge permission for any private channel owned by the same customer. Additionally, the HTTP API is secured by requiring a signature with each…
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.2.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.