CVE-2023-48712 HIGH

CVE-2023-48712: User authorization bug leading to privilege escalation in warpgate

Vendor Warp-Tech
Product warpgate
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published November 24, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. In affected versions there is a privilege escalation vulnerability through a non-admin user's account. Limited users can impersonate another user's account if only single-factor authentication is configured. If a user knows an admin username, opens the login screen and attempts to authenticate with an incorrect password they can subsequently enter a valid non-admin username and password they will be logged in as the admin user. All installations prior to version 0.9.0 are affected. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 24, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated