CVE-2023-27100 (GCVE-0-2023-27100)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-22 00:00
Modified
2025-02-25 21:10
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the SSHGuard component of Netgate pfSense Plus software v22.05.1 and pfSense CE software v2.6.0 allows attackers to bypass brute force protection mechanisms via crafted web requests.
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Impacted products
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