CVE-2022-35490 Security feature bypass in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass brute-force protection limits in Zammad, allowing excessive login attempts before account invalidation.

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-2022-35490?

CVE-2022-35490 is a critical vulnerability in Zammad Zammad, published on 8 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Zammad 5.2.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Zammad has a prevention against brute-force attacks trying to guess login credentials. After a configurable amount of attempts, users are invalidated and logins prevented. An attacker might work around this prevention, enabling them to send more than the configured amount of requests before the user invalidation takes place.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35490?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zammad Zammad.

How do I fix CVE-2022-35490?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-35490 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Zammad Zammad vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gw25-6r8w-p973.

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