[Eclipse Ankaios] CVE Reservation - Agent reuses attacker-owned Control Interface FIFOs, enabling workload impersonation
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# CVE Reservation Request
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The Eclipse Foundation is a [Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures](https://cve.mitre.org/) (CVE) Numbering Authority.
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## CVE record information
**Project name:** Eclipse Ankaios
**Project id:** automotive.ankaios
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**Versions affected:** [0.1.0, 1.0.2]
(All published releases from 0.1.0 through 1.0.2 are affected: 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2.)
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**Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE):**
- [CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/379.html)
- [CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html)
- [CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html)
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**Common Attack Pattern Enumerations and Classifications (CAPEC):**
- [CAPEC-149: Explore for Predictable Temporary File Names](https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/149.html)
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**Common Vulnerability Scoring System:**
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (8.8, High)
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H (8.4, High)
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**Summary:**
In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.2, the agent creates workload files and Control Interface named pipes (FIFOs) under a predictable path derived from the agent name and a hash of the workload's runtime configuration. If a directory or FIFO already exists at that path when the agent (re)starts, the agent reuses it based only on an existence and/or file-type check, without validating its owner or permissions. A local, unprivileged user with write access to the same base directory (by default under `$TMPDIR/ankaios`, e.g. shared `/tmp`) can pre-create this path hierarchy, including the two Control Interface FIFOs, before the agent starts. The agent then treats the attacker-owned FIFOs as the legitimate Control Interface for the targeted workload. The attacker can complete the Control Interface handshake and issue requests using that workload's configured `controlInterfaceAccess` permissions, allowing impersonation of the workload and, depending on its configured permissions, unauthorized reading and/or modification of the cluster's desired state.
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**Links:**
- Eclipse vulnerability report: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/911 (confidential)
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**Credits:** Kaloyan Rusev ([@krusev](https://gitlab.eclipse.org/krusev))
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