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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-43183
CVE-2021-43183:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-43183 affects JetBrains Hub before version 2021.1.13690. The vulnerability involves a bypass of the authentication throttling mechanism, which could potentially compromise the security of the authentication system (JetBrains Blog, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a critical severity level. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the authentication throttling mechanism, which is designed to prevent brute force attacks (NVD).
Impact
The successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system by bypassing authentication rate limiting controls. This could potentially allow attackers to perform unlimited authentication attempts without being throttled, making brute force attacks more feasible (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in JetBrains Hub version 2021.1.13690. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the security issue (JetBrains Blog).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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