CVE-2023-2531 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository a

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository azuracast/azuracast prior to 0.18.3.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository azuracast/azuracast prior to 0.18.3.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
azuracast	azuracast/azuracast	unspecified

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: 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-12T16:30:22.503Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/20463eb2-0f9d-4ea3-a2c8-93f80e7aca02
• github.com — https://github.com/azuracast/azuracast/commit/bdb23594ad3e0c47c8568ce028a7c244a4…