CVE-2023-47090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NATS nats-server before 2.9.23 and 2.10.x before 2.10.2 has an authentication bypass. An implicit $G user in an authorization block can sometimes be used for unauthenticated access, even when the intention of the configuration was for each user to have an account. The earliest affected version is 2.2.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00259.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linuxfoundation	Nats-server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-2730	NATS nats-server before 2.9.23 and 2.10.x before 2.10.2 has an authentication bypass. An implicit $G user in an authorization block can sometimes be used for unauthenticated access, even when the intention of the configuration was for each user to have an account. The earliest affected version is 2.2.0.
Github GHSA	GHSA-fr2g-9hjm-wr23	NATS.io: Adding accounts for just the system account adds auth bypass

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/30/1
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-fr2g-9hjm-wr23
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/2

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-30T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-09-09T20:30:00.174Z

Reserved: 2023-10-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-47090

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:01:22.641Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-30T17:15:52.467

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:29:44.953

Link: CVE-2023-47090

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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