{"id":"GHSA-8jgf-23q5-x7xx","summary":"ex_aws_sns: Trusted-attacker `SigningCertURL` permits complete SNS signature bypass","details":"### Summary\n\n`ExAws.SNS.verify_message/1` fetches the signing certificate from the `SigningCertURL` field of the incoming SNS message without validating that the URL uses HTTPS or that its host is an AWS-owned SNS certificate domain. An unauthenticated attacker who can POST to any endpoint that calls `verify_message/1` can supply an attacker-controlled `SigningCertURL`, sign a forged SNS message with their own RSA key, and cause the function to return `:ok`, completely bypassing SNS signature verification.\n\n### Details\n\nIn `lib/ex_aws/sns.ex` (lines 475–483), `verify_message/1` performs three checks: `validate_message_params/1` (confirms required fields are present), `validate_signature_version/1` (confirms `SignatureVersion == \"1\"`), then signature verification. The signature step calls `ExAws.SNS.PublicKeyCache.get(message[\"SigningCertURL\"])` and passes the result to `:public_key.verify/4`.\n\nNeither `validate_message_params/1` nor any other step checks that `SigningCertURL` is an HTTPS URL or that the hostname matches the expected pattern (e.g. `sns.\u003cregion\u003e.amazonaws.com`). `PublicKeyCache.get/1` in `lib/ex_aws/sns/public_key_cache.ex` fetches whatever URL is provided and caches the certificate. The RSA signature then verifies against the attacker's own public key, and `verify_message/1` returns `:ok`.\n\n### PoC\n\n1. Generate an RSA keypair and host the DER/PEM public certificate at any URL reachable from the target server (e.g. `http://attacker.example/cert.pem`).\n2. Build a forged `Notification` payload with an arbitrary `TopicArn` and `Message`, compute the canonical string-to-sign per the SNS spec, and sign it with the attacker private key.\n3. Set `SigningCertURL` to the attacker URL and `Signature` to the base64-encoded signature.\n4. POST the forged payload to any SNS webhook endpoint that calls `ExAws.SNS.verify_message/1`.\n5. The function returns `:ok`; the application treats the message as authentic.\n\n### Configurations\n\nThe application must expose an HTTP endpoint that calls `ExAws.SNS.verify_message/1` on incoming request bodies (the standard SNS webhook pattern).\n\n### Impact\n\nComplete SNS signature authentication bypass. Affects `ex_aws_sns` from 2.0.1 through 2.3.4. Consequences include spoofing arbitrary `Notification` payloads, auto-confirming attacker-controlled `SubscribeURL` values to hijack topic delivery, and spoofing `UnsubscribeConfirmation` to disrupt legitimate subscriptions. No authentication or special configuration on the attacker side is required. CVSS v4.0: **8.7 (HIGH)**.\n\n## Resources\n\n* Introduction commit: https://github.com/ex-aws/ex_aws_sns/commit/a7ec21880943f4dac1d59bda557db0ffcd2b61fa\n* Patch commit: https://github.com/ex-aws/ex_aws_sns/commit/1853d280b152d10384a1e21a22cf22152a60be48","aliases":["CVE-2026-47074","EEF-CVE-2026-47074"],"modified":"2026-06-30T17:41:03.698517863Z","published":"2026-06-26T22:50:27Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-06-26T22:50:27Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-295"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/security/advisories/GHSA-jq4m-q6p2-8gwc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ex-aws/ex_aws_sns/security/advisories/GHSA-8jgf-23q5-x7xx"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47074"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ex-aws/ex_aws_sns/commit/1853d280b152d10384a1e21a22cf22152a60be48"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ex-aws/ex_aws_sns"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47074"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ex_aws_sns","ecosystem":"Hex","purl":"pkg:hex/ex_aws_sns"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.1"},{"fixed":"2.3.5"}]}],"versions":["2.0.1","2.1.0","2.2.0","2.3.0","2.3.1","2.3.2","2.3.3","2.3.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-8jgf-23q5-x7xx/GHSA-8jgf-23q5-x7xx.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}