# CVE-2001-0128: Auth bypass in n/a

> Attackers can bypass access restrictions and gain unauthorized privileges in Zope due to improper local role computation.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2001
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wqxw-f744-5fh2

## What is CVE-2001-0128?

CVE-2001-0128 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 7 May 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zope before 2.2.4 does not properly compute local roles, which could allow users to bypass specified access restrictions and gain privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0128?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Conectiva Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Freebsd Freebsd, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Redhat Linux, Redhat Linux Powertools, Zope Zope.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0128?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux

- [CVE-2005-3625](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3625/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0882](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0882/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0902/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0903/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0904](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0904/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0128 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 7 May 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Conectiva Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0128/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.