Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-27100 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
netgate
pfsense
CWE-307
critical
NVD
Published: 2023-03-22
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the SSHGuard component of Netgate pfSense Plus software v22.05.1 and pfSense CE software v2.6.0 allows attackers to bypass brute force protection mechanisms via crafted web requests.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Netgate
1
Application
Pfsense
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References