Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-39891 - Information Exposure Through Discrepancy vulnerability in Twilio Authy and Authy Authenticator
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
In the Twilio Authy API, accessed by Authy Android before 25.1.0 and Authy iOS before 26.1.0, an unauthenticated endpoint provided access to certain phone-number data, as exploited in the wild in June 2024. Specifically, the endpoint accepted a stream of requests containing phone numbers, and responded with information about whether each phone number was registered with Authy. (Authy accounts were not compromised, however.)
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abused-api-to-verify-millions-of-authy-mfa-phone-numbers/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abused-api-to-verify-millions-of-authy-mfa-phone-numbers/
- https://www.twilio.com/docs/usage/security/reporting-vulnerabilities
- https://www.twilio.com/docs/usage/security/reporting-vulnerabilities
- https://www.twilio.com/en-us/changelog
- https://www.twilio.com/en-us/changelog