CVE-2022-35490

Description

Zammad 5.2.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Zammad has a prevention against brute-force attacks trying to guess login credentials. After a configurable amount of attempts, users are invalidated and logins prevented. An attacker might work around this prevention, enabling them to send more than the configured amount of requests before the user invalidation takes place.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.20%
Vendor Advisory zammad.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://zammad.com/de/advisories/zaa-2022-07 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-35490?
CVE-2022-35490 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-35490?
To fix CVE-2022-35490, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-35490 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-35490 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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