CVE-2023-42812 — Galaxy is an open-source platform for FAIR data analysis

Galaxy is an open-source platform for FAIR data analysis. Prior to version 22.05, Galaxy is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, which allows a malicious to issue arbitrary HTTP/HTTPS requests from the application server to internal hosts and read their responses. Version 2

01What is this vulnerability?

Galaxy is an open-source platform for FAIR data analysis. Prior to version 22.05, Galaxy is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, which allows a malicious to issue arbitrary HTTP/HTTPS requests from the application server to internal hosts and read their responses. Version 22.05 contains a patch for this issue.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
galaxyproject	galaxy	< 22.05

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-09-22T16:07:02.731Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-24T14:25:37.165Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/security/advisories/GHSA-vf5q-r8p9-35xh
• github.com — https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/06d56c859713b74f1c2e35da1c2fcbbf0a9…