SB2024090634 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Windmill

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8462)

CWE-ID: CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the unknown function of the file backend/windmill-api/src/users.rs of the component HTTP Request Handler. A remote attacker can conduct brute force attacks and gain access to sensitive information.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://vuldb.com/?id.276630
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276630
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.401826
• https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/acfe7786152f036f2476f93ab5536571514fa9e3
• https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/releases/tag/v1.390.1