Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Windmill - CVE-2024-8462

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8462

External 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

Related Security Bulletins

• Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Windmill