Zero-day vulnerability in MobileIron Sentry

Improper Authentication
CVE-2023-38035

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB20230821237 - API authentication bypass in Ivanti Sentry

Vulnerable component: MobileIron Sentry

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38035

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authentication on certain APIs. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to port 8443/TCP, bypass authentication process and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2023-38035-API-Authentication-Bypass-on-Sentry-Administrator-Interface?language=en_US

About zero-day vulnerabilities

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