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Sequelize - Default support for “raw attributes” when using parentheses

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 24, 2023 in sequelize/sequelize • Updated Feb 24, 2023

Package

npm @sequelize/core (npm)

Affected versions

< 7.0.0-alpha.20

Patched versions

7.0.0-alpha.20
npm sequelize (npm)
< 6.29.0
6.29.0

Description

Impact

Sequelize 6.28.2 and prior has a dangerous feature where using parentheses in the attribute option would make Sequelize use the string as-is in the SQL

User.findAll({
  attributes: [
    ['count(id)', 'count']
  ]
});

Produced

SELECT count(id) AS "count" FROM "users"

Patches

This feature was deprecated in Sequelize 5, and using it prints a deprecation warning.

This issue has been patched in @sequelize/core@7.0.0.alpha-20 and sequelize@6.29.0.

In Sequelize 7, it now produces the following:

SELECT "count(id)" AS "count" FROM "users"

In Sequelize 6, it throws an error explaining that we had to introduce a breaking change, and requires the user to explicitly opt-in to either the Sequelize 7 behavior (always escape) or the Sequelize 5 behavior (inline attributes that include () without escaping). See sequelize/sequelize#15710 for more information.

Mitigations

Do not use user-provided content to build your list or attributes. If you do, make sure that attribute in question actually exists on your model by checking that it exists in the rawAttributes property of your model first.


A discussion thread about this issue is open at sequelize/sequelize#15694
CVE: CVE-2023-22578

References

@ephys ephys published to sequelize/sequelize Feb 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 24, 2023
Reviewed Feb 24, 2023
Last updated Feb 24, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.180%
(56th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-22578

GHSA ID

GHSA-f598-mfpv-gmfx

Source code

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