An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in the IFTTT integration feature. A remote, authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to potentially gain unauthorized access to the device. This vulnerability does not affect Wi-Fi 7 series models.
Refer to the Security Update for ASUS Router Firmware section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness
The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.
Potential Mitigations
- Use a well-vetted algorithm that is currently considered to be strong by experts in the field, and select well-tested implementations with adequate length seeds.
- In general, if a pseudo-random number generator is not advertised as being cryptographically secure, then it is probably a statistical PRNG and should not be used in security-sensitive contexts.
- Pseudo-random number generators can produce predictable numbers if the generator is known and the seed can be guessed. A 256-bit seed is a good starting point for producing a “random enough” number.
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