Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password Affecting org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-login package, versions [,2.2.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGCLOUDFOUNDRYIDENTITY-6305202
  • published29 Feb 2024
  • disclosed13 May 2022
  • creditMohammed Abdulqader Abobaker Al-saggaf

Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2015-3189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-640  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-login to version 2.2.5 or higher.

Overview

org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-login is a Cloud Foundry User Account and Authentication plugin.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password due to improper handling of password reset links, which are not expired after a user updates their current email address. This vulnerability is applicable only when using the UAA internal user store for authentication. Deployments enabled for integration via SAML or LDAP are not affected.

CVSS Scores

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