Authentication Bypass Affecting microsoft.aspnetcore.identity package, versions [,1.0.6)[1.1.0,1.1.6)[2.0.0,2.0.4)[2.1.0,2.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTASPNETCOREIDENTITY-60260
  • published26 Jul 2018
  • disclosed11 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-8171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-592  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade microsoft.aspnetcore.identity to versions 1.0.6, 1.1.6, 2.0.4, 2.1.2 or higher.

Overview

microsoft.aspnetcore.identity is the membership system for building ASP.NET Core web applications, including membership, login, and user data.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The number of incorrect login attempts is not validated, as a result a malicious user could try an infinite number of authentication attempts.

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