Vulnerability in Biscuit-Auth Biscuit

CVE-2022-31053

Biscuit is an authentication and authorization token for microservices architectures. The Biscuit specification version 1 contains a vulnerable algorithm that allows malicious actors to forge valid Γ-signatures. Such an attack would allow an attacker to create a token with any access level. The version 2 of the specification mandates a different algorithm than gamma signatures and as such is not affected by this vulnerability. The Biscuit implementations in Rust, Haskell, Go, Java and Javascript all have published versions following the v2 specification. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31053?
CVE-2022-31053 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Biscuit-Auth Biscuit, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-31053?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-31053 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.