What is CVE-2022-29701?

CVE-2022-29701 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zammad, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-29701?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Zammad

CVE-2022-29701

A lack of rate limiting in the 'forgot password' feature of Zammad v5.1.0 allows attackers to send an excessive amount of reset requests for a legitimate user, leading to a possible Denial of Service (DoS) via a large amount of generated e-mail messages.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Zammad — versions 5.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29701?: CVE-2022-29701 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zammad, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-29701?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.