CVE-2023-48712 — Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. In affected versions there is a privilege escalation vulnerability through a non-admin user's account. Limited users can impersonate another user's account if only single-factor authentication is co

01What is this vulnerability?

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. In affected versions there is a privilege escalation vulnerability through a non-admin user's account. Limited users can impersonate another user's account if only single-factor authentication is configured. If a user knows an admin username, opens the login screen and attempts to authenticate with an incorrect password they…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
warp-tech	warpgate	< 0.9.0

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: 2023-11-24T17:02:59.929Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T21:37:54.649Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/security/advisories/GHSA-c94j-vqr5-3mxr
• github.com — https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/commit/e3b26b2699257b9482dce2e9157bd9b5e05…