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Security feature bypass vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when the number of incorrect login attempts is not validated

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

nuget Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity (NuGet)

Affected versions

>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5
>= 1.1.0, <= 1.1.5
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.3
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.1

Patched versions

1.0.6
1.1.6
2.0.4
2.1.2

Description

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when the number of incorrect login attempts is not validated, aka "ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.1, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET MVC 5.2.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 11, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 16, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Feb 1, 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-2018-8171

GHSA ID

GHSA-vhvh-528q-ff3p

Source code

No known source code
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