CVE-2022-23653 json
B2 Command Line Tool TOCTOU application key disclosure
published 2022-02-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8wr4-2wm6-w3pr , PYSEC-2022-32 , EUVD-2022-0029
- cvss
- 4.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
B2 Command Line Tool is the official command line tool for the backblaze cloud storage service. Linux and Mac releases of the B2 command-line tool version 3.2.0 and below contain a key disclosure vulnerability that, in certain conditions, can be exploited by local attackers through a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. The command line tool saves API keys (and bucket name-to-id mapping) in a local database file (`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/b2/account_info`, `~/.b2_account_info` or a user-defined path) when `b2 authorize-account` is first run. This happens regardless of whether a valid key is provided or not. When first created, the file is world readable and is (typically a few milliseconds) later altered to be private to the user. If the directory is readable by a local attacker and the user did not yet run `b2 authorize-account` then during the brief period between file creation and permission modification, a local attacker can race to open the file and maintain a handle to it. This allows the local attacker to read the contents after the file after the sensitive information has been saved to it. Users that have not yet run `b2 authorize-account` should upgrade to B2 Command-Line Tool v3.2.1 before running it. Users that have run `b2 authorize-account` are safe if at the time of the file creation no other local users had read access to the local configuration file. Users that have run `b2 authorize-account` where the designated path could be opened by another local user should upgrade to B2 Command-Line Tool v3.2.1 and remove the database and regenerate all application keys. Note that `b2 clear-account` does not remove the database file and it should not be used to ensure that all open handles to the file are invalidated. If B2 Command-Line Tool cannot be upgraded to v3.2.1 due to a dependency conflict, a binary release can be used instead. Alternatively a new version could be installed within a virtualenv, or the permissions can be changed to prevent local users from opening the database file.
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | b2 | <3.2.1 |
3.2.1 |
Affected products
- Backblaze B2_Command_Line_Tool
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
-
github.com
/Backblaze/B2_Command_Line_Tool/commit/c74029f9f75065e8f7e3c3ec8e0a23fb8204feeb
web, patch, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/Backblaze/B2_Command_Line_Tool/security/advisories/GHSA-8wr4-2wm6-w3pr
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23653
advisory
-
github.com
/Backblaze/B2_Command_Line_Tool
web
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/b2/PYSEC-2022-32.yaml
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-23653
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8wr4-2wm6-w3pr
- NVD CVE-2022-23653
- OSV PYSEC-2022-32
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