CVE-2022-21696

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• security-advisories@github.com: CWE-20
• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references

• security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory