CVE-2020-5248 HIGH

CVE-2020-5248: Public GLPIKEY can be used to decrypt any data in GLPI

Vendor Glpi-Project
Product glpi
Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials
Published May 12, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

GLPI before before version 9.4.6 has a vulnerability involving a default encryption key. GLPIKEY is public and is used on every instance. This means anyone can decrypt sensitive data stored using this key. It is possible to change the key before installing GLPI. But on existing instances, data must be reencrypted with the new key. Problem is we can not know which columns or rows in the database are using that; espcially from plugins. Changing the key without updating data would lend in bad password sent from glpi; but storing them again from the UI will work.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 12, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated