CVE-2022-21696
MEDIUMOnionShare < 2.5 - Username Spoofing via Trailing Whitespace
Title source: llmDescription
OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions it is possible to change the username to that of another chat participant with an additional space character at the end of the name string. An adversary with access to the chat environment can use the rename feature to impersonate other participants by adding whitespace characters at the end of the username.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/security/advisories/GHSA-68vr-8f46-vc9f
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/releases/tag/v2.5
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0071
EPSS Percentile
48.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
onionshare/onionshare
< 2.5
pypi/onionshare-cli
2.3 - 2.5PyPI
Published
Jan 18, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026