js-stellar-sdk is a Javascript library for communicating with a Stellar Horizon server. The `Utils.readChallengeTx` function used in SEP-10 Stellar Web Authentication states in its function documentation that it reads and validates the challenge transaction including verifying that the `serverAccountID` has signed the transaction. In js-stellar-sdk before version 8.2.3, the function does not verify that the server has signed the transaction. Applications that also used `Utils.verifyChallengeTxThreshold` or `Utils.verifyChallengeTxSigners` to verify the signatures including the server signature on the challenge transaction are unaffected as those functions verify the server signed the transaction. Applications calling `Utils.readChallengeTx` should update to version 8.2.3, the first version with a patch for this vulnerability, to ensure that the challenge transaction is completely valid and signed by the server creating the challenge transaction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2021-07-02T18:15:11

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:33:54.900Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-32738

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-07-02T19:15:08.063

Modified: 2022-07-02T21:07:11.080

Link: CVE-2021-32738

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