CVE-2024-8462 Windmill HTTP Request users.rs excessive authentication
Attackers can bypass authentication attempt restrictions in Windmill, potentially enabling brute-force attacks against user accounts.
- 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-2024-8462?
CVE-2024-8462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Windmill, published on 5 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Windmill 1.380.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file backend/windmill-api/src/users.rs of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.390.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as acfe7786152f036f2476f93ab5536571514fa9e3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8462?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/windmill-labs/windmill.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/windmill-labs/windmill Go | All versions | None |
github.com/windmill-labs/windmill Go | All versions to 1.61.1 | None |
github.com/windmill-labs/windmill Go | All versions to 1.61.1 | None |
How do I fix CVE-2024-8462?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g6q4-w3j3-jfc4, GO-2024-3118.