Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-27928 affects vantage6 before 5.0.0. If an attacker already controls a user’s email account, they can reset both the account password and the 2FA token through email, reducing protection to email-only access. This is a dependency on email account security rather than a standalone remote takeover.
Executive priority
Address during the next normal security update cycle unless email compromise is suspected. Prioritize faster remediation for privileged vantage6 users, sensitive research environments, or organizations with weak email account protections.
Technical view
The issue is an authentication weakness, mapped to CWE-308. In affected vantage6 versions, email-based password reset and email-based 2FA token reset allow 2FA circumvention when the attacker has compromised the user’s email. CVSS v4.0 is 5.9. Version 5.0.0 fixes the issue. Sources state no known workarounds.
Likely exposure
Organizations running vantage6 versions earlier than 5.0.0 are exposed, especially where user email accounts lack strong protection. Exposure depends on attacker access to a victim’s email account.
Exploitation context
No cited source reports active exploitation, and this CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided data. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the user’s email account, after which the attacker can use email reset workflows to bypass 2FA.
Researcher notes
The advisory’s key prerequisite is hacked email access, reflected by CVSS privileges/attack requirements. Public sources identify the fix as 5.0.0 and state no workaround. Evidence does not indicate exploit publication or active exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade vantage6 to version 5.0.0 or later.
- Review vendor advisory and release notes for deployment-specific guidance.
- Require strong MFA on email accounts used with vantage6.
- Treat compromised email accounts as potential vantage6 account compromise.
Validation and detection
- Inventory vantage6 deployments and confirm versions are below or at least 5.0.0.
- Verify whether users rely on email for password and 2FA reset workflows.
- Review logs for unusual password resets followed by 2FA token resets.
- Confirm email accounts tied to privileged users enforce strong MFA.
Public sources used
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CWE-308: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——GitHub_MVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-4c5c-2vc3-x5w2CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/issues/1932CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/main/docs/release_notes.rst#500CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
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Use of Single-factor Authentication
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