CVE-2023-26208 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
CNA3.7
EPSS
19.6%
top 4.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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Fortinet Fortiauthenticator
Timeline
PublishedMar 9

Description

A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6.4.x and before allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to partially exhaust CPU and memory via sending numerous HTTP requests to the login form.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortiauthenticator5.4.0 — 6.5.0
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortiauthenticator6.4.0 — 6.4.6+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-33jw-84xq-w6fj: A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6↗2023-03-09
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CVEList
CVE-2023-26208: A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6↗2023-03-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Fortinet
A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiMail version 6.4.0,...↗2023-03-09
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CVE-2023-26208 — Fortinet vulnerability | cvebase