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Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

CVE-2024-1403

High
10/10

Summary

In OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer prior to 11.7.19, 12.2.14, 12.8.1 on all platforms supported by the OpenEdge product, an authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified.  The vulnerability is a bypass to authentication based on a failure to properly handle username and password. Certain unexpected content passed into the credentials can lead to unauthorized access without proper authentication.  

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published