Yugabyte DB 2.18.7.0/2.18.9.0/2.20.2.3/2.20.3.0 User Account Management missing authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Yugabyte DB and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component User Account Management. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6895. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Yugabyte DB. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component User Account Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insufficient authentication in user account management in Yugabyte Platform allows local network attackers with a compromised user session to change critical security information without re-authentication. An attacker with user session and access to application can modify settings such as password and email without being prompted for the current password, enabling account takeover.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-6895 since 07/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 2.20.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9687371d8777f876285b737a9d01995bc46bafa5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Yugabyte

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• DB

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• 2.18.7.0
• 2.18.9.0
• 2.20.2.3
• 2.20.3.0

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• open-source

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