CVE-2023-25267 — An issue was discovered in GFI Kerio Connect 9

An issue was discovered in GFI Kerio Connect 9.4.1 patch 1 (fixed in 10.0.0). There is a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the webmail component's 2FASetup function via an authenticated request with a long primaryEMailAddress field to the webmail/api/jsonrpc URI.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in GFI Kerio Connect 9.4.1 patch 1 (fixed in 10.0.0). There is a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the webmail component's 2FASetup function via an authenticated request with a long primaryEMailAddress field to the webmail/api/jsonrpc URI.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-27T14:34:14.493Z

09References

• support.kerioconnect.gfi.com — https://support.kerioconnect.gfi.com/hc/en-us/articles/9044634878226-Kerio-Conne…
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/Frycos/62fa664bacd19a85235be19c6e4d7599