CVE-2023-43809

Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command line. Prior to version 0.6.2, a security vulnerability in Soft Serve could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass public key authentication when keyboard-interactive SSH authentication is active, through the `allow-keyless` setting, and the public key requires additional client-side verification for example using FIDO2 or GPG. This is due to insufficient validation procedures of the public key step during SSH request handshake, granting unauthorized access if the keyboard-interaction mode is utilized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting manipulated SSH requests using keyboard-interactive authentication mode. This could potentially result in unauthorized access to the Soft Serve. Users should upgrade to the latest Soft Serve version `v0.6.2` to receive the patch for this issue. To workaround this vulnerability without upgrading, users can temporarily disable Keyboard-Interactive SSH Authentication using the `allow-keyless` setting.

• CWE-287

• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/commit/407c4ec72d1006cee1ff8c1775e5bcc091c2bc89Patch
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/issues/389Exploit, Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/releases/tag/v0.6.2Release Notes
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/security/advisories/GHSA-mc97-99j4-vm2vVendor Advisory
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/commit/407c4ec72d1006cee1ff8c1775e5bcc091c2bc89Patch
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/issues/389Exploit, Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/releases/tag/v0.6.2Release Notes
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/security/advisories/GHSA-mc97-99j4-vm2vVendor Advisory

Published

Oct 4, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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