GHSA-3f62-qv96-4p78 @actual-app/sync-server's missing authorization on GET /secret/:name allows non-admin OpenID users to enumerate admin-configured bank-sync secrets
SummaryIn `@actual-app/sync-server`, the `GET /secret/:name` endpoint (`app-secrets.js:53`) checks only that the caller has a valid session — it does not verify the caller is an admin. The sibling `POST /secret/` handler does enforce an admin check in OpenID mode, exposing an authorization asymmetry. Any authenticated non-admin (BASIC) user in OpenID multi-user deployments can probe the secrets store and learn which admin-managed bank-sync integrations have been configured (existence, not values). This includes integration credentials that are not otherwise observable to non-admins, such as `simplefin_accessKey`, `pluggyai_clientSecret`, `pluggyai_itemIds`, and the `gocardless_*` secrets.Details`packages/sync-server/src/app-secrets.js` mounts `validateSessionMiddleware` at the router level (line 15), so all handlers inherit only "must be authenticated." The POST handler then explicitly upgrades to an admin check when the active auth method is `openid`:The sibling GET handler skips both the method check and the admin check entirely:The intent — visible from the POST handler's "You have to be admin to set secrets" — is that this store holds admin-managed credentials. The valid secret names enumerated in `services/secrets-service.js` (`SecretName`) are: `gocardless_secretId`, `gocardless_secretKey`, `simplefin_token`, `simplefin_accessKey`, `pluggyai_clientId`, `pluggyai_clientSecret`, `pluggyai_itemIds`.In OpenID mode, BASIC users obtain valid sessions through `packages/sync-server/src/accounts/openid.ts:264-274` — either auto-created (`userCreationMode=login`) or pre-provisioned by the admin (`userCreationMode=manual`). With that BASIC session token they can hit `GET /secret/:name` and distinguish 204 (configured) from 404 (missing), enumerating each admin-managed secret name. Some signals (`simplefin_token` existence, `pluggyai_clientId` existence) are already coarsely observable via the unauthenticated bank-sync status endpoints (`app-simplefin.js:18`, `app-pluggyai.js:18`); the rest (`simplefin_accessKey`, `pluggyai_clientSecret`, `pluggyai_itemIds`, both `gocardless_*` secrets) are not otherwise probeable.This is structurally identical to the previously reported missing-admin-check on `GET /admin/users/` (`app-admin.js:28`): a POST sibling enforces admin authorization while the GET sibling omits it.PoCPre-requisites:Server is configured for OpenID multi-user mode (`ACTUAL_OPENID_ENFORCE=true` or auth method is `openid`).An admin has configured one or more bank-sync integrations.The attacker is any authenticated BASIC user (auto-created via `userCreationMode=login`, or admin-provisioned in the default `manual` mode).Step 1 — capture a BASIC user's session token in `$TOKEN` (standard OpenID login flow, no admin role required).Step 2 — probe each admin-managed secret name:Step 3 — confirm the asymmetry by attempting to write a secret (correctly rejected for non-admins):The POST returns 403 `not-admin`; the GET returns 204/404 unauthenticated-against-role.ImpactA non-admin authenticated user in OpenID multi-user mode can enumerate which admin-managed bank-sync integrations the deployment uses.This reveals whether GoCardless, SimpleFIN, and/or Pluggy AI are configured, and which auxiliary credentials the admin has set (e.g. `simplefin_accessKey`, `pluggyai_clientSecret`, `pluggyai_itemIds`) — none of which are otherwise observable to non-admins.The disclosure is existence-only; secret values are not returned. Impact is limited to recon useful for targeted follow-on attacks (e.g. credential phishing, picking which integration to attack on a separate vulnerability).No integrity or availability impact.Recommended FixMirror the POST handler's admin gate on the GET handler. Minimal patch in `packages/sync-server/src/app-secrets.js`:Consider factoring the method-lookup + admin-check into a shared helper used by both POST and GET to prevent the same asymmetry from recurring. Also consider restricting `:name` to the `SecretName` enum so unrelated probing is rejected up front.
CVSS v3.1 score: 4.3