Improper Input Validation Affecting fail2ban package, versions <0.8.10-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.76% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FAIL2BAN-20877234
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed28 Aug 2013

Introduced: 28 Aug 2013

CVE-2013-2178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest fail2ban to version 0.8.10-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fail2ban package and not the fail2ban package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly validate log messages, which allows remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses via certain messages in a request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1