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MEDIUM
CVE-2023-45140
The Bastion SSH SCP/SFTP Group-Based JIT MFA Bypass Vulnerability
Description

The Bastion provides authentication, authorization, traceability and auditability for SSH accesses. SCP and SFTP plugins don't honor group-based JIT MFA. Establishing a SCP/SFTP connection through The Bastion via a group access where MFA is enforced does not ask for additional factor. This abnormal behavior only applies to per-group-based JIT MFA. Other MFA setup types, such as Immediate MFA, JIT MFA on a per-plugin basis and JIT MFA on a per-account basis are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 3.14.15.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 8, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 16, 2023, 6:50 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

1.7
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-45140 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ovh the-bastion
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/releases/tag/v3.14.15 Patch
https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4q-w883-pf5x Mitigation Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-45140 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/releases/tag/v3.14.15 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/releases/tag/v3.14.15 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4q-w883-pf5x No Types Assigned https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4q-w883-pf5x Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ovh:the-bastion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.14.15
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Bastion provides authentication, authorization, traceability and auditability for SSH accesses. SCP and SFTP plugins don't honor group-based JIT MFA. Establishing a SCP/SFTP connection through The Bastion via a group access where MFA is enforced does not ask for additional factor. This abnormal behavior only applies to per-group-based JIT MFA. Other MFA setup types, such as Immediate MFA, JIT MFA on a per-plugin basis and JIT MFA on a per-account basis are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 3.14.15.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4q-w883-pf5x [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/ovh/the-bastion/releases/tag/v3.14.15 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-306
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

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0.18674

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