CVE-2021-32738

MEDIUM

js-stellar-sdk < 8.2.3 - Improper Authentication in Utils.readChallengeTx

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/stellar/js-stellar-sdk/releases/tag/v8.2.3

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0051
EPSS Percentile 39.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-347
Status published
Products (2)
npm/stellar-sdk 0 - 8.2.3npm
stellar/js-stellar-sdk < 8.2.3
Published Jul 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026