Insufficient Session Expiration Affecting github.com/answerdev/answer/internal/service/user_admin package, versions <1.1.0-beta.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMANSWERDEVANSWERINTERNALSERVICEUSERADMIN-5818507
  • published3 Aug 2023
  • disclosed3 Aug 2023
  • creditAkshay Ravi

Introduced: 3 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-613  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/answerdev/answer/internal/service/user_admin to version 1.1.0-beta.2 or higher.

Overview

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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration after resetting a password. This allows an attacker who has compromised an account to persist access to that account after the legitimate user has reset their password.

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