Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Repox
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-288Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
An authentication bypass vulnerability has been found in Repox, which allows a remote user to send a specially crafted POST request, due to the lack of any authentication method, resulting in the alteration or creation of users.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00855 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6718
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf7f-pmf6-v68p
References
More Repox vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06145 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Repox CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-06143 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Repox CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2023-06144 Relative Path Traversal in Repox CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-06141 Cross-site Scripting in Repox CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2023-06142 Cross-site Scripting in Repox CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-6718 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6718 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mf7f-pmf6-v68p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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