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GHSA-QM24-4869-99PJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:36 – Updated: 2026-06-30 19:42

Summary

Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination

Details

The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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        }
      ]
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  "aliases": [
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  "published": "2022-05-17T02:36:11Z",
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150510044305/https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/16307"
    },
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150510044305/https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories#.5BImportant.5D_CVE-2015-1778_OpenDaylight:_authentication_bypass"
    },
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    },
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CVE-2015-1778 (GCVE-0-2015-1778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54

Summary

The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1089 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73255	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cloudrouter.org/security/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-03-20 00:00

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