High severity · published Apr 25, 2024
CVE-2024-32868
ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass
8.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZI
zitadel · zitadel
< 2.50.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32868
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32868
Release Notes
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239
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