A vulnerability was found in NeuVector 3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Active Directory Authentication. The manipulation as part of a Empty Password leads to a weak password vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-521. The product does not require that users should have strong passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NeuVector 3.1 when configured to allow authentication via Active Directory, does not enforce non-empty passwords which allows an attacker with access to the Neuvector portal to authenticate as any valid LDAP user by providing a valid username and an empty password (provided that the active directory server has not been configured to reject empty passwords).

The weakness was released 12/20/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-19747 since 12/12/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• 3.1

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