CVE-2021-36802 Akaunting DoS via User-Controlled 'locale' Variable
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Akaunting by sending a malformed locale variable in an HTTP POST request.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-36802?
CVE-2021-36802 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Akaunting, published on 4 Aug 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a denial-of-service issue that is triggered by setting a malformed 'locale' variable and sending it in an otherwise normal HTTP POST request. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36802?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Akaunting Akaunting.
How do I fix CVE-2021-36802?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-36802 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36802 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Akaunting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8vg-wm76-qrfq.