An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. It has a show_preauthpage NULL pointer dereference that can be triggered with a crafted GET HTTP with a missing User-Agent header. Triggering this issue results in crashing OpenNDS (a Denial-of-Service condition). This problem was fixed in OpenWrt master, OpenWrt 23.05 and OpenWrt 22.03 on 28. August 2023 by updating OpenNDS to version 10.1.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-38320
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2hmr-w3hv-h898
References
More openNDS Captive Portal vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19714 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19720 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-19713 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-19711 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-19722 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2023-19712 An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-38320 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-38320 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2hmr-w3hv-h898 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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