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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-23316
CVE-2024-23316:
PingAccess vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
HTTP request desynchronization vulnerability (CVE-2024-23316) affects Ping Identity PingAccess versions prior to 8.0.1. The vulnerability allows attackers to send specially crafted HTTP header requests to create a request smuggling condition for proxied requests (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444) and has received a CVSS 4.0 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M/U:Amber (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to request smuggling conditions in proxied requests, potentially allowing attackers to bypass security controls and manipulate request handling (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires an attacker to send specially crafted HTTP header requests to exploit the request desynchronization condition. The attack complexity is considered Low, but requires some form of user interaction (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to upgrade to PingAccess version 8.0.1 or later to address this vulnerability (Ping Release Notes).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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