Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2023
CVE-2023-46115
Tauri is a framework for building binaries for all major desktop platforms
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Tauri is a framework for building binaries for all major desktop platforms. This advisory is not describing a vulnerability in the Tauri code base itself but a commonly used misconfiguration which could lead to leaking of the private key and updater key password into bundled Tauri applications using the Vite frontend in a specific configuration. The Tauri documentation used an insecure example configuration in the `Vite guide` to showcase how to use Tauri together with Vite. Copying the following snippet `envPrefix: ['VITE_', 'TAURI_'],` from this guide into the `vite.config.ts` of a Tauri project leads to bundling the `TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY` and `TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD` into the Vite frontend code and therefore leaking this value to the released Tauri application. Using the `envPrefix: ['VITE_'],` or any other framework than Vite means you are not impacted by this advisory. Users are advised to rotate their updater private key if they are affected by this (requires Tauri CLI >=1.5.5). After updating the envPrefix configuration, generate a new private key with `tauri signer generate`, saving the new private key and updating the updater's `pubkey` value on `tauri.conf.json` with the new public key. To update your existing application, the next application build must be signed with the older private key in order to be accepted by the existing application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TA
Tauri · Tauri
before 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; +10 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46115
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46115
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/security/advisories/GHSA-2rcp-jvr4-r259
Product
https://tauri.app/v1/guides/getting-started/setup/vite/
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