CVE-2022-2321 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in heroiclabs/nakama

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass login attempt restrictions to perform brute-force attacks and take over user accounts on Nakama game servers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-2321?

CVE-2022-2321 is a high-severity vulnerability in heroiclabs/nakama, published on 5 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository heroiclabs/nakama prior to 3.13.0. This results in login brute-force attacks.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2321?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/v3. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/v3 GoAll versions to 3.12.0None
github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/v3 GoAll versions to 3.12.0None

Products include Heroiclabs Nakama.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2321?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2321 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-2321 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2321 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8r94-4h3c-939f.

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