Authentication bypass in FalkorDB Bolt endpoint via fail-open AUTH probe error handling
What fixes it
- 4.20.0FalkorDBCVE List
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Description
An improper authentication vulnerability in the is_authenticated function (src/bolt/bolt_api.c) in FalkorDB before 4.20.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute graph queries without credentials through the Bolt endpoint. The function decides whether a password is required by issuing an empty AUTH command to Redis and treats only a WRONGPASS error as meaning that a password is required; any other error, such as LOADING while a dataset is being loaded, MASTERDOWN during replication failover, or OOM under memory pressure, causes the client to be treated as authenticated. Only deployments that enable the Bolt endpoint (BOLT_PORT, disabled by default) are affected.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- FalkorDBaffected: all versions before 4.20.0CVE List