CVE-2023-54391 (CVSS 9.8)

Description

Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 7.0 through 8.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in libpve-access-control before 8.0.4 that allows unauthenticated attackers to authenticate as any existing enabled user without a configured second factor by supplying an arbitrary tfa-challenge value in the API login endpoint. Attackers can send a POST request to the access ticket API endpoint with any value in the tfa-challenge parameter to completely skip password verification, gaining unauthorized access including to the root@pam account. All affected releases are end of life.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0303

Probability of exploitation

0.87%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-304 CWE-304

References

Other References

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-virtual-environment-security-advisories.149331/page-4#post-867929 https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-access-control.git;a=commit;h=032e7d6d441f89a48cadfd7f47e957c8a561c022 https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-access-control.git;a=commit;h=032e7d6d441f89a48cadfd7f47e957c8a561c022 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proxmox-ve-authentication-bypass-via-tfa-challenge-parameter

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-54391? +

Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 7.0 through 8.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in libpve-access-control before 8.0.4 that allows unauthenticated attackers to authenticate as any existing enabled user without a configured second factor by supplying an arbitrary tfa-challenge value in the API login endpoint. Attackers can send a POST request to the access ticket API endpoint with any value in the tfa-challenge parameter to completely skip password verification, gaining unauthorized access including to the root@pam account. All affected releases are end of life. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2023-54391? +

CVE-2023-54391 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 out of 10, rated CRITICAL. This is a critical vulnerability that should be patched immediately. The EPSS score is 0.0303, placing it in the 1th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2023-54391? +

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