CVE-2023-28609 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

api/auth.go in Ansible Semaphore before 2.8.89 mishandles authentication.

Published: 2023-03-18

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:ansible-semaphore:ansible_semaphore:*:*:*:*:*:ansible:*:*

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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-2023-1070	api/auth.go in Ansible Semaphore before 2.8.89 mishandles authentication.
Github GHSA	GHSA-pmhg-cmjc-3875	Ansible Semaphore mishandles authentication

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00383.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/commit/3e4a62b7f2b1ef0660c9fb839818a53c80a5a8b1
https://github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/releases/tag/v2.8.89

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ansible-semaphore Ansible Semaphore

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T20:45:58.494Z

Reserved: 2023-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28609

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T13:43:23.097Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-18T21:15:11.667

Modified: 2025-02-26T21:15:16.480

Link: CVE-2023-28609

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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