CVE-2024-42165 Arbitrary User Activation

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can predict activation tokens to arbitrarily activate user accounts in FIWARE Keyrock, leading to potential account takeover.

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

What is CVE-2024-42165?

CVE-2024-42165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FIWARE Keyrock, published on 12 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficiently random values for generating activation token in FIWARE Keyrock <= 8.4 allow attackers to activate accounts of any user by predicting the token for the activation link.

Weakness: CWE-330

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fiware Keyrock.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-42165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8h3p-v5fg-998p.

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