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CVE-2022-2321 (GCVE-0-2022-2321)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-05 18:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
VLAI
Title
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in heroiclabs/nakama
Summary
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository heroiclabs/nakama prior to 3.13.0. This results in login brute-force attacks.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
heroiclabs heroiclabs/nakama Affected: unspecified , < 3.13.0 (custom)
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