Unauthenticated administrative access via hard-coded cookie key
Published Aug 30, 2024 · Updated Mar 13, 2025
Authentication bypass in One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords before 7.5.2 allows remote attackers to gain administrative access. The virtual appliance images reuse a hard-coded Windows DPAPI master key, allowing RSTS cookie validation to accept forged stsIdentity0 values. No authentication or user interaction is required; a forged administrator session exposes stored credentials and appliance configuration.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords before 7.5.2 allows remote attackers to gain administrative access. The virtual appliance images reuse a hard-coded Windows DPAPI master key, allowing RSTS cookie validation to accept forged stsIdentity0 values. No authentication or user interaction is required; a forged administrator session exposes stored credentials and appliance configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45488
- Published
- Aug 30, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 13, 2025
- Vendor
- One Identity
- Product
- Safeguard for Privileged Passwords
- Classifications
- CWE-321, T1550.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <7.0.5.1LTS
- Affected versionversion=0 <7.4.2
- Affected versionversion=0 <7.5.2
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- DPAPI arbitrary-master-key blob generatorproof of concept · demonstrated
- ProjectDiscovery CVE-2024-45488 Nuclei templatefunctional · validated
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