BMC account takeover via unbound reset codes
Published Jan 30, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Weak password recovery in AMI MegaRAC SP-X and NetApp HCI BMC allows remote attackers to take over BMC accounts through the HTTP API. The password-reset API accepts an email-delivered one-time password without a request-bound token, allowing an attacker who knows the username and reset window to set a replacement password when the user validates the code. Exploitation requires normal HTTP API exposure, configured SMTP integration, knowledge of a username and reset timing, and user interaction to initiate the reset.
Summary
What happened
Weak password recovery in AMI MegaRAC SP-X and NetApp HCI BMC allows remote attackers to take over BMC accounts through the HTTP API. The password-reset API accepts an email-delivered one-time password without a request-bound token, allowing an attacker who knows the username and reset window to set a replacement password when the user validates the code. Exploitation requires normal HTTP API exposure, configured SMTP integration, knowledge of a username and reset timing, and user interaction to initiate the reset.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26872
- Published
- Jan 30, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- NetApp
- Product
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller
- Classifications
- CWE-640, CAPEC-50, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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