CVE-2023-1976 Password Aging with Long Expiration in answerdev/answer
The Answer Q&A platform allows excessively long password expiration periods, weakening security controls and potentially facilitating unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-1976?
CVE-2023-1976 is a medium-severity vulnerability in answerdev/answer, published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Password Aging with Long Expiration in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.
Weakness: CWE-263
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1976?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/answerdev/answer. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/answerdev/answer Go | All versions | 1.0.6 |
github.com/answerdev/answer Go | All versions | 1.0.6 |
github.com/answerdev/answer Go | All versions | 1.0.6 |
Products include Answer Answer.
How do I fix CVE-2023-1976?
Upgrade github.com/answerdev/answer to 1.0.6 or later.
Is CVE-2023-1976 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1976 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in answerdev/answer
- CVE-2023-0744 Improper Access Control in answerdev/answer
- CVE-2023-1244 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in answerdev/answer
- CVE-2023-4125 Weak Password Requirements in answerdev/answer
- CVE-2023-1241 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in answerdev/answer
- CVE-2023-4815 Missing Authentication for Critical Function in answerdev/answer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j97g-77fj-9c4p, GO-2023-1719.