CVE-2023-4727

HIGH

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness (CWE-305)

2024-06-11 secalert@redhat.com

Privilege Escalation

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat

Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 11, 2024 - 20:15 cve.org

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in dogtag-pki and pki-core. The token authentication scheme can be bypassed with a LDAP injection. By passing the query string parameter sessionID=*, an attacker can authenticate with an existing session saved in the LDAP directory server, which may lead to escalation of privilege.

AnalysisAI

A flaw was found in dogtag-pki and pki-core. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-305. A flaw was found in dogtag-pki and pki-core. The token authentication scheme can be bypassed with a LDAP injection. By passing the query string parameter sessionID=*, an attacker can authenticate with an existing session saved in the LDAP directory server, which may lead to escalation of privilege.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.