Authorization Bypass Affecting USBGuard/usbguard package, versions [,1.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-USBGUARDUSBGUARD-2414079
  • published2 Mar 2022
  • disclosed24 Feb 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2022

CVE-2019-25058  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade USBGuard/usbguard to version 1.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass. An issue was discovered in USBGuard before 1.1.0. On systems with the usbguard-dbus daemon running, an unprivileged user could make USBGuard allow all USB devices to be connected in the future.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1