CVE-2023-26208

A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6.4.x and before allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to partially exhaust CPU and memory via sending numerous HTTP requests to the login form.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW

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CVSS v3 : LOW

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078	Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:50

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~5.3~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 3.7

15 Mar 2023, 17:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078 -~~	(MISC) https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-078 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-307
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.3

09 Mar 2023, 20:03

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-03-09 15:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:50

NVD link : CVE-2023-26208

Mitre link : CVE-2023-26208

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-26208

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortiauthenticator

CWE

CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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