VYPR
Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2022· Updated Apr 23, 2025

Username spoofing in OnionShare

CVE-2022-21696

Description

OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions it is possible to change the username to that of another chat participant with an additional space character at the end of the name string. An adversary with access to the chat environment can use the rename feature to impersonate other participants by adding whitespace characters at the end of the username.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
onionshare-cliPyPI
>= 2.3, < 2.52.5

Affected products

1

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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