Incorrect Authorization Affecting vantage6 package, versions [,4.0.0)


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-VANTAGE6-5961712
  • published 12 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 11 Oct 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade vantage6 to version 4.0.0 or higher.

Overview

vantage6 is a vantage6 command line interface

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization when the username or user id is used to define access permissions. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to resources by creating usernames with integer values. This is only exploitable if the resource name is an integer. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch for this issue.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.4 medium