What is CVE-2021-45890?

CVE-2021-45890 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Authguard Project, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-45890?

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

Auth bypass in Authguard Project

CVE-2021-45890

basic/BasicAuthProvider.java in AuthGuard before 0.9.0 allows authentication via an inactive identifier.

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Authguard_project Authguard
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 (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45890?: CVE-2021-45890 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Authguard Project, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-45890?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.