CVE-2023-37268 User login confusion with SSO in warpgate
Attackers can authenticate as other users via SSO if second factor is disabled, compromising accounts in Warpgate bastion host.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-37268?
CVE-2023-37268 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in warp-tech warpgate, published on 14 Jul 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
Warpgate is an SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux that doesn't need special client apps. When logging in as a user with SSO enabled an attacker may authenticate as an other user. Any user account which does not have a second factor enabled could be compromised. This issue has been addressed in commit `8173f6512a` and in releases starting with version 0.7.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should require their users to use a second factor in authentication.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Warpgate Project Warpgate.
How do I fix CVE-2023-37268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-37268 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37268 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in warp-tech warpgate
Sources
Also known as GHSA-868r-97g5-r9g4.