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Insecure service configuration - Keystore

Description​

Cryptographic key containers such as keystores should have good security practices, among them:

  • The Secretkey and Keystore should be in protected environments.
  • The secrets should be aligned with strong password policies (do not use default passwords).
  • The Secretkey should not be stored in the source code.
  • Passwords to access the Keystore should not be the same as the private password.

Impact​

Get access to the private keys of the debugging certificates to test the application and understand its operation to generate new attack vectors.

Recommendation​

Implement good security practices against Keystore containers.

  • Do not store secrets in the source code.
  • Change default passwords.

Threat​

Authenticated attacker from intranet.

Expected Remediation Time​

⌚ 30 minutes.

Score​

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base​

  • Attack vector: A
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: L
  • Integrity: N
  • Availability: N

Temporal​

  • Exploit code maturity: P
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: X

Result​

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 2.6
    • Temporal: 2.4
  • Severity:
    • Base: Low
    • Temporal: Low

Score 4.0​

Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0​

  • Attack vector: A
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): L
  • Integrity (VI): N
  • Availability (VA): N
  • Confidentiality (SC): N
  • Integrity (SI): N
  • Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0​

  • Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0​

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 1.2
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: Low

Compliant code​

Password access is correctly and unique for all services

server:
  port: 8443
  ssl:
    key-store: classpath:keystore.jks
    key-store-password: password.secret

Non compliant code​

A service is configured with a default password

server:
  port: 8443
  ssl:
    key-store: classpath:keystore.jks
    key-store-password: "password"

Requirements​

Fixes​

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