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Authentication Weakness in keystone

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 7, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm keystone (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.3.16

Patched versions

0.3.16

Description

Versions of keystone prior to 0.3.16 are affected by a partial authentication bypass vulnerability. In the default sign in functionality, if an attacker provides a full and correct password, yet only provides part of the associated email address, authentication will be granted.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.3.16 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 7, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-9240

GHSA ID

GHSA-39pj-gq8q-9pfj

Source code

No known source code
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