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Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2020-26029

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 3.4.1. There are wrong authorization checks for impersonation requests via X-On-Behalf-Of. The authorization checks are performed for the actual user and not the one given in the X-On-Behalf-Of header.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Authorization is a security mechanism performed by an application to grant or deny access to the requested resources by verifying the privileges of the user. When an application lacks effective authorization mechanisms, it enables unauthorized users to gain unintended privileges and illegitimate access to resources. Such a vulnerability may result in exposure of sensitive information, denial of service, arbitrary code execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published