CVE-2021-21335
Basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Mar 8, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 22, 2020
Description
In the SPNEGO HTTP Authentication Module for nginx (spnego-http-auth-nginx-module) before version 1.1.1 basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username. This affects users of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module that have enabled basic authentication. This is fixed in version 1.1.1 of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module. As a workaround, one may disable basic authentication.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
spnego-http-auth-nginx-modulestnoonan |
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References
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