Credentials management in Gitea - CVE-2019-11576
Published: April 28, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35949
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11576
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Gitea before 1.8.0 allows 1FA for user accounts that have completed 2FA enrollment. If a user's credentials are known, then an attacker could send them to the API without requiring the 2FA one-time password.
Affected software
Gitea
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11576
Install update from vendor's website.
Gitea - update to 1.8.0