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Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2022-1949

High
7.5/10

Summary

An access control bypass vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base versions prior to 2.0.16, 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2, and 2.2.x prior to 2.2.1. It's due to a mishandling of the filter that would yield incorrect results, but as it progresses, it's possible to determine an access control bypass. This may allow any remote unauthenticated user to issue a filter that allows searching for database items they do not have access to, including, but potentially not limited to, "userPassword" hashes and other sensitive data.

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