CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7191

Improper Authentication

Published: Sep 28, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not recognize the validateIssuer setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted token.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.2.0 (including)1.2.0 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.0 (including)1.3.0 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.1 (including)1.3.1 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.3 (including)1.3.3 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.4 (including)1.3.4 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.5 (including)1.3.5 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.3.6 (including)1.3.6 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.0 (including)1.4.0 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft1.4.5 (including)1.4.5 (including)
Azure_active_directory_passportMicrosoft2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References