GHSA-wwv8-cqpr-vx3m
Modoboa has OS Command Injection
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
`exec_cmd()` in `modoboa/lib/sysutils.py` always runs subprocess calls with `shell=True`. Since domain names flow directly into shell command strings without any sanitization, a Reseller or SuperAdmin can include shell metacharacters in a domain name to run arbitrary OS commands on the server.
### Details
The root cause is in `modoboa/lib/sysutils.py:31`:
```python
kwargs["shell"] = True
process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, **kwargs)
```
When a create a domain is created with DKIM enabled, the domain name gets embedded into a shell command like this:
```python
exec_cmd(f"openssl genrsa -out {dkim_storage_dir}/{domain.name}.pem {key_size}")
```
If the domain name contains something like `$(id>/tmp/proof).example.com`, the shell executes the injected command before running openssl.
The same pattern appears in several other places:
- `modoboa/admin/jobs.py:38` — mailbox rename via `mv` using `full_address`
- `modoboa/amavis/lib.py:202` — `sa-learn` using `domain.name`
- `modoboa/admin/models/mailbox.py:150` — `doveadm user` using `full_address`
- `modoboa/maillog/graphics.py:105–107` — `rrdtool` using `domain.name`
- `modoboa/webmail/models.py:54–57` — `doveadm move/delete` using `account.email`
### PoC
1. Deploy modoboa <= 2.7.0
2. Log in as a Reseller or SuperAdmin
3. Create a new domain named `$(id>/tmp/proof).example.com` with DKIM enabled
4. SSH into the server and read `/tmp/proof`
Something like this will be displayed:
```
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
```
Confirmed on commit b521bcb4f (latest main at time of discovery).
### Impact
An attacker with Reseller-level access (or higher) can execute arbitrary OS commands on the mail server — in a typical Modoboa deployment this means running as root. All six identified sinks are reachable through normal application workflows.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.