CVE-2023-26141

Versions of the package sidekiq before 7.1.3 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to insufficient checks in the dashboard-charts.js file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the localStorage value which will cause excessive polling requests.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

• The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

• The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/147.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/227.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/492.html

References

• https://gist.github.com/keeganparr1/1dffd3c017339b7ed5371ed3d81e6b2a
• https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/6-x/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js%23L6
• https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/commit/62c90d7c5a7d8a378d79909859d87c2e0702bf89
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIDEKIQ-5885107
• https://gist.github.com/keeganparr1/1dffd3c017339b7ed5371ed3d81e6b2a
• https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/6-x/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js%23L6
• https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/commit/62c90d7c5a7d8a378d79909859d87c2e0702bf89
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIDEKIQ-5885107