CVE-2025-23206 – aws-cdk-lib

Package

Manager: npm
Name: aws-cdk-lib
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.177.0

Severity

Level: Low

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00049 pctl0.14843

Details

AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) IAM OIDC custom resource allows connection to unauthorized OIDC provider ### Impact Users who use IAM OIDC custom resource provider package will download CA Thumbprints as part of the custom resource workflow, https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/d16482fc8a4a3e1f62751f481b770c09034df7d2/packages/%40aws-cdk/custom-resource-handlers/lib/aws-iam/oidc-handler/external.ts#L34. However, the current `tls.connect` method will always set `rejectUnauthorized: false` which is a potential security concern. CDK should follow the best practice and set `rejectUnauthorized: true`. However, this could be a breaking change for existing CDK applications and we should fix this with a feature flag. Note that this is marked as low severity Security advisory because the issuer url is provided by CDK users who define the CDK application. If they insist on connecting to a unauthorized OIDC provider, CDK should not disallow this. Additionally, the code block is run in a Lambda environment which mitigate the MITM attack. As a best practice, CDK should still fix this issue under a feature flag to avoid regression. ``` packages/@aws-cdk/custom-resource-handlers/lib/aws-iam/oidc-handler/external.ts ❯❱ problem-based-packs.insecure-transport.js-node.bypass-tls-verification.bypass-tls-verification Checks for setting the environment variable NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED to 0, which disables TLS verification. This should only be used for debugging purposes. Setting the option rejectUnauthorized to false bypasses verification against the list of trusted CAs, which also leads to insecure transport. ``` ### Patches The patch is in progress. To mitigate, upgrade to CDK v2.177.0 (Expected release date 2025-02-22). Once upgraded, please make sure the feature flag '@aws-cdk/aws-iam:oidcRejectUnauthorizedConnections' is set to true in `cdk.context.json` or `cdk.json`. More details on feature flag setting is [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/featureflags.html). ### Workarounds N/A ### References https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/32920

Metadata

Created: 2025-01-17T21:22:25Z
Modified: 2025-01-29T18:22:28Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/01/GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73/GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-347"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73
Finding: F204
Auto approve: 1