CVE-2022-35490 Security feature bypass in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Zammad Zammad
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw25-6r8w-p973.