CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-42478

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Published: Jun 13, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.

Weakness

The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.1.0 (including) 5.1.3 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.3.0 (including) 5.3.3 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.3.0 (including) 6.3.3 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.1 (including) 5.2.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.2 (including) 5.2.2 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.5 (including) 5.2.5 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.6 (including) 5.2.6 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.7 (including) 5.2.7 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.2.8 (including) 5.2.8 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 5.4.0 (including) 5.4.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.1.0 (including) 6.1.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.1.1 (including) 6.1.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.1.2 (including) 6.1.2 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.2.0 (including) 6.2.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.2.1 (including) 6.2.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.4.1 (including) 6.4.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.4.2 (including) 6.4.2 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.5.0 (including) 6.5.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.5.1 (including) 6.5.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.6.0 (including) 6.6.0 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.6.1 (including) 6.6.1 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.6.2 (including) 6.6.2 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.6.3 (including) 6.6.3 (including)
Fortisiem Fortinet 6.7.0 (including) 6.7.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Common protection mechanisms include:

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.

  • Consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator. [REF-45]

References