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CVE-2020-36569 (GCVE-0-2020-36569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-27 21:12 – Updated: 2025-04-11 23:03
VLAI
Title
Authentication bypass in github.com/nanobox-io/golang-nanoauth
Summary
Authentication is globally bypassed in github.com/nanobox-io/golang-nanoauth between v0.0.0-20160722212129-ac0cc4484ad4 and v0.0.0-20200131131040-063a3fb69896 if ListenAndServe is called with an empty token.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-11 23:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
github.com/nanobox-io/golang-nanoauth github.com/nanobox-io/golang-nanoauth Affected: 0.0.0-20160722212129-ac0cc4484ad4 , < 0.0.0-20200131131040-063a3fb69896 (semver)
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Credits
@bouk
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