CVE-2021-21335

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-21335
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-08 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-12 14:21:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the SPNEGO HTTP Authentication Module for nginx (spnego-http-auth-nginx-module) before version 1.1.1 basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username. This affects users of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module that have enabled basic authentication. This is fixed in version 1.1.1 of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module. As a workaround, one may disable basic authentication.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Spnego Http Authentication Module Project Spnego Http Authentication Module All All All All
Application Spnego Http Authentication Module Project Spnego Http Authentication Module All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username · Advisory · stnoonan/spnego-http-auth-nginx-module · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Release Rollup of changes since v1.1 · stnoonan/spnego-http-auth-nginx-module · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Check basic auth result against != NGX_OK rather than == NGX_DECLINED · stnoonan/spnego-http-auth-nginx-module@a06f9ef · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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