CVE-2021-27306 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in the JWT plugin in Kong Gateway prior to 2.3.2.0 allows unauthenticated users access to authenticated routes without a valid token JWT.

Published: 2021-03-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:konghq:kong_gateway:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-14067	An improper access control vulnerability in the JWT plugin in Kong Gateway prior to 2.3.2.0 allows unauthenticated users access to authenticated routes without a valid token JWT.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01471.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.konghq.com/enterprise/changelog/#core-1
https://medium.com/%40sew.campos/cve-2021-27306-access-an-authenticated-route-on-kong-api-gateway-6ae3d81968a3

History

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Subscriptions

Konghq Kong Gateway

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-18T14:02:16.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:48:16.395Z

Reserved: 2021-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27306

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-18T15:15:16.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:46.120

Link: CVE-2021-27306

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-706

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