CVE-2023-51663

Medium

Description

Hail is an open-source, general-purpose, Python-based data analysis tool with additional data types and methods for working with genomic data. Hail relies on OpenID Connect (OIDC) email addresses from ID tokens to verify the validity of a user's domain, but because users have the ability to change their email address, they could create accounts and use resources in clusters that they should not have access to. For example, a user could create a Microsoft or Google account and then change their email to `[email protected]`. This account can then be used to create a Hail Batch account in Hail Batch clusters whose organization domain is `example.org`. The attacker is not able to access private data or impersonate another user, but they would have the ability to run jobs if Hail Batch billing projects are enabled and create Azure Tenants if they have Azure Active Directory Administrator access.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductHail
PublishedDec 29, 2023
First seenDec 29, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-289CWE-289

How to fix

Update
  • hail hail0.2.127 or later
  • hail0.2.127 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hail hailv < 0.2.1270.2.127
hailPyPIv < 0.2.1270.2.127

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