CVE-2023-26208

Published Mar 9, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: psirt@fortinet.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-307
psirt@fortinet.com: CWE-307

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3920D43C-F957-488D-819F-D3001ED216AC",
            "versionEndExcluding": "6.5.0",
            "versionStartIncluding": "5.4.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

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