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Authentication Bypass Affecting loopback Open this link in a new tab package, versions <3.16.2

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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  • snyk-id

    npm:loopback:20171027

  • published

    6 Mar 2018

  • disclosed

    26 Oct 2017

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 26 Oct 2017

CWE-592 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

loopback is an Open Source Framework for Node.js.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. It allowes users to change Admin's password by using their regular access token in case they have the same id and the same password.

Remediation

Upgrade loopback to version 3.16.2 or higher.