CVE-2023-32169

published 2024-05-03

CVE-2023-32169: D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on…

Priority P1 82 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

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

D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the TokenUtils class. The issue results from a hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system.
. Was ZDI-CAN-19659.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
d-link	d-view	—	—
dlink	d-view_8	<= 2.0.1.27	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → The vulnerability resides in the TokenUtils class of D-Link D-View; detection should focus on unauthenticated requests that present a JWT or token crafted with the hard-coded cryptographic key to the D-View management interface. ↗
• → Monitor for unauthenticated remote access attempts against D-Link D-View 8 installations, particularly authentication bypass attempts that do not require credentials. ↗
• → CVE-2023-32169 is frequently chained with CVE-2023-32165 (RCE); detections should consider combined exploitation patterns against D-View 8. ↗

• · No public proof-of-concept or exploit code details are present in the sources; the hard-coded key value itself is not disclosed in these documents, limiting direct signature creation from these sources alone. ↗

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