CVE-2024-21653 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-21653: vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers

Vendor Vantage6
Product vantage6
Weakness CWE-284
Published January 30, 2024
Last update August 23, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). Nodes and servers get a ssh config by default that permits root login with password authentication. In a proper deployment, the SSH service is not exposed so there is no risk, but not all deployments are ideal. The default should therefore be less permissive. The vulnerability can be mitigated by removing the ssh part from the docker file and rebuilding the docker image. Version 4.2.0 patches the vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 30, 2024 CVE published
August 23, 2024 Record updated