GHSA-4xqm-4p72-87h6 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.8) CWE-863 vulnerability in sentry. A fix is available for sentry — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-4xqm-4p72-87h6.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
The Sentry API incorrectly returns the access-control-allow-credentials: true HTTP header if the Origin request header ends with the system.base-hostname option of Sentry installation. This only affects installations that have system.base-hostname option explicitly set, as it is empty by default.
Impact is limited since recent versions of major browsers have cross-site cookie blocking enabled by default. However, this flaw could allow other multi-step attacks.
Patches
The patch has been released in Sentry 23.6.2.
Workarounds
For Sentry SaaS customers, no action is needed.
For self-hosted Sentry installations that have system.base-hostname explicitly set, it is recommended to upgrade the installation to 23.6.2 or higher. There are no known workarounds.
References
Credits
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | sentry | ≥ 23.6.0&&< 23.6.2 | 23.6.2pip install --upgrade 'sentry==23.6.2' |
Affected Products
sentryfunctionalDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for sentry, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update sentry to 23.6.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4xqm-4p72-87h6 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-4xqm-4p72-87h6 in your dependencies?
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