Apache Answer Race Condition Allows Duplicate User Registration before 1.2.5
CVE-2024-26578 Published on February 22, 2024
Apache Answer: Repeated submission at registration created duplicate users with the same name
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1.
Repeated submission during registration resulted in the registration of the same user. When users register, if they rapidly submit multiple registrations using scripts, it can result in the creation of multiple user accounts simultaneously with the same name.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-26578 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2024-26578 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer:- Before and including 1.2.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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