Improper Access Control in Onionshare
Between September 26, 2021 and October 8, 2021, Radically Open Security conducted a penetration test of OnionShare 2.4, funded by the Open Technology Fund's Red Team lab. This is an issue from that penetration test.
- Vulnerability ID: OTF-009
- Vulnerability type: Improper Access Control
- Threat level: Low
Description:
Authenticated users (or unauthenticated in public mode) can send messages without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Technical description:
Prerequisites:
- Existing chatroom
- Access to the chatroom (Public or known Private Key)
- Either a modified frontend client or manual requests from burp/curl
If a user opens the chatroom without emitting the join message he will not be present in session.users[x] list. Therefore there is no listing in the frontend and no chat participant knows another party joined the chat. It is still possible to send messages in the chatroom.
If a user decides to abuse OTF-003 (page 22) he can impersonate messages from existing users; others would not be able to distinguish original and faked messages. This is also a prerequisite for OTF-004 (page 19).
Impact:
An adversary with access to the chat environment can send messages to the chat without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Recommendation:
- Allow chat access only after emission of the join event.
- Implement proper session handling.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | onionshare-cli | >= 2.3, < 2.5 | 2.5 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/releases/tag/v2.5
- https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/security/advisories/GHSA-99p8-9p2c-49j4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21695
- https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/onionshare-cli/PYSEC-2022-46.yaml
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-287- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
onionshare-cli- Publicada
- 18.01.2022
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 11:20
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2022-46 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-99p8-9p2c-49j4 - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: onionshare-cli
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- Entradas en total
- 13
- Primera → última
- 11.2021 07.2026
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Crítica 1
- Alta 2
- Media 10
Divulgaciones por año
- 2021: 2
- 2022: 9
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 2
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