What is CVE-2023-49706?

CVE-2023-49706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linotp, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-49706?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linotp

CVE-2023-49706

Defective request context handling in Self Service in LinOTP 3.x before 3.2.5 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges, thereby allowing them to act as and with the permissions of another user. Attackers must generate repeated API requests to trigger a race condition with concurrent user activity in the self-service portal.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Linotp
Linotp Virtual_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49706?: CVE-2023-49706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linotp, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-49706?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.