[jira] [Commented] (CLOUDSTACK-9705) Unauthenticated API allows Admin password reset

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on CLOUDSTACK-9705:
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Github user koushik-das commented on the issue:

    https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1865
  
    @anshul1886 @karuturi Should this be treated as a security issue and fixed on priority?


> Unauthenticated API allows Admin password reset
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CLOUDSTACK-9705
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9705
>             Project: CloudStack
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.) 
>            Reporter: Anshul Gangwar
>            Assignee: Anshul Gangwar
>
> The "unauthenticated API" allows a caller to reset CloudStack administrator passwords. This presents a security risk becaues it allows for privilege escallation attacks. First, if the unauthenticated API is listening on the network (instead of locally) then any user on the network can reset admin passwords. If, the API is only listening locally, then any user with access to the local box can resset admin passwords. This would allow them to access other hosts within the cloudstack deployment.
> While it may be important to provide a recovery mechanism for admin passwords that have been lost or hyjacked, such a solution needs to be secure. We should either remove this feature from the Unauthenticated API, or provide a solution that is less open to abuse.



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