High severity · published Nov 24, 2023
CVE-2023-48712
Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
Warpgate · Warpgate Project
through 0.8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48712
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48712
Patch
https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/commit/e3b26b2699257b9482dce2e9157bd9b5e05d9c76
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/security/advisories/GHSA-c94j-vqr5-3mxr
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