AnyCable: Pusher REST API Does Not Verify Request Body MD5 Enabling Signed-Request Replay with Arbitrary Body
### Summary The Pusher-compatible REST API includes `body_md5` in the HMAC signature string but never computes or verifies the MD5 of the received HTTP body, allowing anyone who observes a signed request to replay it with an entirely different body. ### Details In `pusher/http.go`, the `Handler` function extracts `body_md5` from the URL query string (line 169) and includes it verbatim in `stringToSign` (line 175). It then verifies `HMAC(stringToSign, secret) == auth_signature`. After verification succeeds, `handleEvents` reads and parses `r.Body` (lines 201-212) without ever computing `md5(body)` and comparing it against the `body_md5` that was signed. The Pusher protocol specification explicitly requires the server to verify this digest to prevent body-substitution attacks. There is also no `auth_timestamp` staleness check, so replays are valid indefinitely. ### PoC 1. Capture a legitimate signed POST to `/apps//events?auth_key=K&auth_timestamp=T&auth_version=1.0&body_md5=LEGIT_MD5&auth_signature=SIG` carrying body `{"name":"safe-event","channel":"ch","data":"..."}` (e.g., from TLS-terminating load-balancer logs). 2. Send a new request with the same query string parameters but a different body: `{"name":"injected-event","channel":"admin","data":"malicious-payload"}` 3. The server accepts the request (HMAC over `stringToSign` matches the original) and broadcasts the injected event to all subscribers of `admin`. ### Impact An attacker who can read any single signed Pusher API
GHSA-5p54-whvp-x327
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Source reference: osv:GHSA-5p54-whvp-x327
github.com/anycable/anycable
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- 1.6.15
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"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
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"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/anycable/anycable",
"ecosystem": "Go"
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"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-5p54-whvp-x327/GHSA-5p54-whvp-x327.json",
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 1.6.14"
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]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-63405
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