Account compromise via unenforced password length bounds
Published Sep 22, 2022 · Updated May 23, 2025
Weak password requirements in IKUS Software Minarca before 4.2.2 allow remote attackers to compromise accounts through guessable credentials. The Minarca server's bundled Rdiffweb user-password validation accepts passwords without enforced minimum and maximum length bounds. No authentication or user interaction is required to attempt password guessing, and a guessed privileged account grants access to its data and functions.
Summary
What happened
Weak password requirements in IKUS Software Minarca before 4.2.2 allow remote attackers to compromise accounts through guessable credentials. The Minarca server's bundled Rdiffweb user-password validation accepts passwords without enforced minimum and maximum length bounds. No authentication or user interaction is required to attempt password guessing, and a guessed privileged account grants access to its data and functions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3268
- Published
- Sep 22, 2022
- Updated
- May 23, 2025
- Vendor
- IKUS Software
- Product
- Minarca
- Classifications
- CWE-521, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <4.2.2
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Public exploit references
- huntr.dev proof-of-concept reportproof of concept · unverified
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