What is CVE-2019-11187?

CVE-2019-11187 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gonicus Gosa, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-11187?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gonicus Gosa

CVE-2019-11187

Incorrect Access Control in the LDAP class of GONICUS GOsa through 2019-04-11 allows an attacker to log into any account with a username containing the case-insensitive substring "success" when an arbitrary password is provided.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (75.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gonicus Gosa
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11187?: CVE-2019-11187 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gonicus Gosa, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-11187?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.