{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-45m3-398w-m2m9","published":"2026-03-02T21:41:36Z","modified":"2026-03-23T04:56:02.918420742Z","aliases":["CVE-2026-28789","GO-2026-4586"],"summary":"OliveTin has unauthenticated DoS via concurrent map writes in OAuth2 state handling","details":"### Summary\nAn unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability exists in OliveTin’s OAuth2 login flow. Concurrent requests to /oauth/login can trigger unsynchronized access to a shared registeredStates map, causing a Go runtime panic (fatal\n  error: concurrent map writes) and process termination. This allows remote attackers to crash the service when OAuth2 is enabled.\n\n\n### Details\nThe OAuth2 handler stores per-login state in a shared map without synchronization:\n\n  - service/internal/auth/otoauth2/restapi_auth_oauth2.go:24\n    registeredStates map[string]*oauth2State\n  - Unlocked write in login handler: .../restapi_auth_oauth2.go:141\n  - Unlocked read in callback check: .../restapi_auth_oauth2.go:174\n  - Unlocked writes in callback flow: .../restapi_auth_oauth2.go:284-285\n  - Unlocked read in auth chain check: .../restapi_auth_oauth2.go:376\n\n  These paths are network reachable via publicly registered routes:\n```bash\n  - service/internal/httpservers/frontend.go:71 → /oauth/login\n  - service/internal/httpservers/frontend.go:72 → /oauth/callback\n```\n  Because Go HTTP handlers run concurrently, high parallel traffic to /oauth/login causes concurrent map access and runtime panic.\n\n  Tested on:\n\n  - Container image: ghcr.io/olivetin/olivetin:3000.10.0\n  - Source also contains same pattern at commit/tag eb42029b5d0c0633551621288180dd4566b913f7 (3000.10.1)\n\n\n### PoC\n1. Start OliveTin with OAuth2 provider configured (example github), exposing port 1337.\n  2. Confirm baseline:\n```bash\n  curl -i http://127.0.0.1:1337/readyz\n  curl -i \"http://127.0.0.1:1337/oauth/login?provider=github\"\n```\n  Expected: 200 for /readyz, 302 for /oauth/login.\n\n  3. Run concurrency PoC:\n```bash\n  python3 /OliveTin/tools/poc_oauth2_state_map_race_dos.py \\\n    --base-url http://127.0.0.1:1337 \\\n    --provider github \\\n    --workers 80 \\\n    --requests 120000 \\\n    --health-failures 3\n```\n  4. Verify crash:\n\n  docker inspect olivetin-dos --format 'status={{.State.Status}} exit={{.State.ExitCode}}'\n  docker logs olivetin-dos 2>&1 | grep -E \"fatal error: concurrent map|concurrent map writes|restapi_auth_oauth2.go\"\n\n  Observed result:\n\n  - Process exited with code 2\n  - Logs include:\n      - fatal error: concurrent map writes\n      - .../internal/auth/otoauth2/restapi_auth_oauth2.go:141 in HandleOAuthLogin\n\n\n\n### Impact\n- Vulnerability type: Race condition (CWE-362) leading to DoS.\n  - Attacker requirements: network access only; no authentication required for exploit path.\n  - Impacted deployments: OliveTin instances with OAuth2 enabled and reachable over network.\n  - Security impact: remote unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly crash OliveTin, causing availability loss until restart/recovery.\n \n[poc_oauth2_state_map_race_dos.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25577901/poc_oauth2_state_map_race_dos.py)","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.0-20260301235225-f044d90d5525c"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-45m3-398w-m2m9/GHSA-45m3-398w-m2m9.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/security/advisories/GHSA-45m3-398w-m2m9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28789"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/commit/f044d90d5525c4c8e3f421b32ed7eff771c22d36"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-362","CWE-400","CWE-662"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-02T21:41:36Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-03-05T20:16:16Z","severity":"HIGH"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}