Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration Affecting pow package, versions >=1.0.14 <1.0.34
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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- published 19 Sep 2023
- disclosed 18 Sep 2023
- credit Giancarlo França
Introduced: 18 Sep 2023
CVE-2023-42446 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade pow to version 1.0.34 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration via the Pow.Store.Backend.MnesiaCache function. An attacker can hijack sessions as expired keys are not being invalidated correctly on startup.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by manually invalidating expired keys, including all expired sessions.
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