PT-2022-22867 · Zammad · Zammad

Joe Helle · Published 2022-08-08 · Updated 2022-08-12 · CVE-2022-35490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zammad version 5.2.0

Description The issue allows for privilege escalation. Zammad has a mechanism to prevent brute-force attacks by invalidating users after a configurable number of attempts to guess login credentials. However, an attacker can bypass this mechanism, enabling them to send more requests than the configured amount before the user is invalidated.

Recommendations For Zammad version 5.2.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-307

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-35490

Affected Products

Zammad

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35490 · Security Note
• https://zammad.com/de/advisories/zaa-2022-07 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/47732 · Telegram Post