Vulnerability CVE-2022-36085
Published: 2022-09-08

Description:
Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine. The Rego compiler provides a (deprecated) `WithUnsafeBuiltins` function, which allows users to provide a set of built-in functions that should be deemed unsafe ????? and as such rejected ????? by the compiler if encountered in the policy compilation stage. A bypass of this protection has been found, where the use of the `with` keyword to mock such a built-in function (a feature introduced in OPA v0.40.0), isn??????t taken into account by `WithUnsafeBuiltins`. Multiple conditions need to be met in order to create an adverse effect. Version 0.43.1 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, avoid using the `WithUnsafeBuiltins` function and use the `capabilities` feature instead.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

 References:
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/4540
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/4616
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/commit/3e8c754ed007b22393cf65e48751ad9f6457fee8
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/commit/25a597bc3f4985162e7f65f9c36599f4f8f55823
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/security/advisories/GHSA-f524-rf33-2jjr
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/tag/v0.43.1
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