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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2021-44033

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

In Ionic Identity Vault before 5.0.5, the protection mechanism for invalid unlock attempts can be bypassed.

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published