CVE-2021-32677

NameCVE-2021-32677
DescriptionFastAPI is a web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. FastAPI versions lower than 0.65.2 that used cookies for authentication in path operations that received JSON payloads sent by browsers were vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. In versions lower than 0.65.2, FastAPI would try to read the request payload as JSON even if the content-type header sent was not set to application/json or a compatible JSON media type (e.g. application/geo+json). A request with a content type of text/plain containing JSON data would be accepted and the JSON data would be extracted. Requests with content type text/plain are exempt from CORS preflights, for being considered Simple requests. The browser will execute them right away including cookies, and the text content could be a JSON string that would be parsed and accepted by the FastAPI application. This is fixed in FastAPI 0.65.2. The request data is now parsed as JSON only if the content-type header is application/json or another JSON compatible media type like application/geo+json. It's best to upgrade to the latest FastAPI, but if updating is not possible then a middleware or a dependency that checks the content-type header and aborts the request if it is not application/json or another JSON compatible content type can act as a mitigating workaround.
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Debian Bugs990582

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fastapi (PTS)bullseye0.63.0-2vulnerable
bookworm0.92.0-1fixed
sid, trixie0.110.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fastapisource(unstable)0.70.0-1990582

Notes

[bullseye] - fastapi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/security/advisories/GHSA-8h2j-cgx8-6xv7
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/commit/fa7e3c996edf2d5482fff8f9d890ac2390dede4d (0.65.2)

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