CVE-2017-1270 Auth bypass in Security Guardium
Attackers can hijack user sessions in IBM Security Guardium due to lack of session variable renewal after authentication, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1270?
CVE-2017-1270 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 20 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 124745.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1270?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Guardium.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1270?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2017-1270 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1270 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c8r8-7c4g-6g99.