CVE-2023-27582

CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.57%

Full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified

Published: 3/14/2023Modified: 8/20/2024
Also known as:GHSA-4g76-w3xw-2x6wGO-2023-1630

Description

### Impact maddy 0.2.0 - 0.6.2 allows a full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified when using the PLAIN authentication mechanisms. Instead of validating the specified authorization username, it is accepted as is after checking the credentials for the authentication username. ### Patches maddy 0.6.3 includes the fix for the bug. ### Workarounds There is no way to fix the issue without upgrading. ### References * Commit that introduced the vulnerable code: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/commit/55a91a37b71210f34f98f4d327c30308fe24399a * Fix: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/commit/9f58cb64b39cdc01928ec463bdb198c4c2313a9c

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1CRITICAL9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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