Java: QL Query Detector for JHipster Generated CVE-2019-16303

2025-12-24 04:36:35 +01:00 · 2020-09-21 17:41:51 -04:00
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--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNG.qhelp
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+<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC
+  "-//Semmle//qhelp//EN"
+  "qhelp.dtd">
+<qhelp>
+<overview>
+<p>This query detects instances of <code>RandomUtil.java</code> generated by a <a href="https://www.jhipster.tech/">JHipster</a> version vulnerable to <a href="https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-j3rh-8vwq-wh84">CVE-2019-16303</a>.
+
+<p>Using one password reset token from your app combined with the proof of concept (POC) linked below, an attacker can determine all future password reset tokens to be generated by this server.
+This allows an attacker to pick and choose what account they would like to takeover by sending account password reset requests for targeted accounts.</p>
+
+<p>This vulnerability has a 
+<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?name=CVE-2019-16303&amp;vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H&amp;version=3.1&amp;source=NIST">
+  CVSS v3.0 Base Score of 9.8/10
+</a>.</p>
+</overview>
+
+<example>
+
+<p>The example below shows the vulnerable <code>RandomUtil</code> class generated by JHipster.
+<sample src="JHipsterGeneratedPRNGVulnerble.java" />
+
+<p>Below is a fixed version of the <code>RandomUtil</code> class.</p>
+<sample src="JHipsterGeneratedPRNGFixed.java" />
+
+</example>
+
+<recommendation>
+
+An automated refactoring <a href="https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite">rewrite</a> module <a href="https://github.com/moderneinc/jhipster-cwe-338"> can be found here</a>.
+</recommendation>
+
+<references>
+
+<li>
+  <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-randomness-matters/">
+    Cloudflare Blog: Why secure systems require random numbers
+  </a>
+</li>
+<li>
+  <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976">
+    How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory)
+  </a>
+<li>
+<li>
+  Research (Hacking Apache Commons RandomStringUtils):
+  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191126104359/https://medium.com/@alex91ar/the-java-soothsayer-a-practical-application-for-insecure-randomness-c67b0cd148cd">
+    The Java Soothsayer: A practical application for insecure randomness. (Includes free 0day)
+  </a>
+</li>
+
+<!--  LocalWords: CWE random RNG PRNG CSPRNG SecureRandom JHipster -->
+
+</references>
+
+</qhelp>
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNG.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNG.ql
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+/**
+ * @name Detect JHipster Generator Vulnnerability CVE-2019-16303
+ * @description Detector for the CVE-2019-16303 vulnerability that existed in the JHipster code generator.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @precision very-high
+ * @id java/jhipster-prng
+ * @tags security
+ *       external/cwe/cwe-338
+ */
+
+import java
+import semmle.code.java.frameworks.apache.Lang
+
+private class PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethod extends Method {
+  PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethod() {
+    this.getDeclaringType() instanceof TypeApacheRandomStringUtils
+  }
+}
+
+private class PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethodAccess extends MethodAccess {
+  PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethodAccess() {
+    this.getMethod() instanceof PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethod and
+    // The one valid use of this type that uses SecureRandom as a source of data.
+    not this.getMethod().getName() = "random"
+  }
+}
+
+private class VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilClass extends Class {
+  VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilClass() { getName() = "RandomUtil" }
+}
+
+private class VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilMethod extends Method {
+  VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilMethod() {
+    this.getDeclaringType() instanceof VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilClass and
+    this.getName().matches("generate%") and
+    this.getReturnType() instanceof TypeString and
+    exists(ReturnStmt s, PredictableApacheRandomStringUtilsMethodAccess access |
+      s = this.getBody().(SingletonBlock).getStmt()
+    |
+      s.getResult() = access
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+from VulnerableJHipsterRandomUtilMethod the_method
+select the_method,
+  "RandomUtil was generated by JHipster Generator version vulnerable to CVE-2019-16303"
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNGFixed.java
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNGFixed.java
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+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for generating random Strings.
+ */
+public final class RandomUtil {
+    private static final SecureRandom SECURE_RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
+
+    private static final int DEF_COUNT = 20;
+
+    static {
+        SECURE_RANDOM.nextBytes(new byte[64]);
+    }
+
+    private RandomUtil() {
+    }
+
+    private static String generateRandomAlphanumericString() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.random(DEF_COUNT, 0, 0, true, true, null, SECURE_RANDOM);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a password.
+     *
+     * @return the generated password.
+     */
+    public static String generatePassword() {
+        return generateRandomAlphanumericString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate an activation key.
+     *
+     * @return the generated activation key.
+     */
+    public static String generateActivationKey() {
+        return generateRandomAlphanumericString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a reset key.
+     *
+     * @return the generated reset key.
+     */
+    public static String generateResetKey() {
+        return generateRandomAlphanumericString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a unique series to validate a persistent token, used in the
+     * authentication remember-me mechanism.
+     *
+     * @return the generated series data.
+     */
+    public static String generateSeriesData() {
+        return generateRandomAlphanumericString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a persistent token, used in the authentication remember-me mechanism.
+     *
+     * @return the generated token data.
+     */
+    public static String generateTokenData() {
+        return generateRandomAlphanumericString();
+    }
+}
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNGVulnerable.java
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-338/JHipsterGeneratedPRNGVulnerable.java
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+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for generating random Strings.
+ */
+public final class RandomUtil {
+
+    private static final int DEF_COUNT = 20;
+
+    private RandomUtil() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a password.
+     *
+     * @return the generated password.
+     */
+    public static String generatePassword() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(DEF_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate an activation key.
+     *
+     * @return the generated activation key.
+     */
+    public static String generateActivationKey() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(DEF_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a reset key.
+     *
+     * @return the generated reset key.
+     */
+    public static String generateResetKey() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(DEF_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a unique series to validate a persistent token, used in the
+     * authentication remember-me mechanism.
+     *
+     * @return the generated series data.
+     */
+    public static String generateSeriesData() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(DEF_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a persistent token, used in the authentication remember-me mechanism.
+     *
+     * @return the generated token data.
+     */
+    public static String generateTokenData() {
+        return RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(DEF_COUNT);
+    }
+}