CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-4612

Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data

Published: Nov 09, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apereo CAS in jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest.getRemoteAddr method allows Multi-Factor Authentication bypass.This issue affects CAS: through 7.0.0-RC7. It is unknown whether in new versions the issue will be fixed. For the date of publication there is no patch, and the vendor does not treat it as a vulnerability.

Weakness

The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Central_authentication_service Apereo * 7.0.0 (excluding)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc1 (including) 7.0.0-rc1 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc2 (including) 7.0.0-rc2 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc3 (including) 7.0.0-rc3 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc4 (including) 7.0.0-rc4 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc5 (including) 7.0.0-rc5 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc6 (including) 7.0.0-rc6 (including)
Central_authentication_service Apereo 7.0.0-rc7 (including) 7.0.0-rc7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References