Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2024 · Assigned by AHA
CVE-2024-2056Artica Proxy Loopback Services Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity authentication bypass in Artica Proxy from Artica Tech. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 16.7% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Services that are running and bound to the loopback interface on the Artica Proxy are accessible through the proxy service. In particular, the "tailon" service is running, running as the root user, is bound to the loopback interface, and is listening on TCP port 7050. Security issues associated with exposing this network service are documented at gvalkov's 'tailon' GitHub repo. Using the tailon service, the contents of any file on the Artica Proxy can be viewed.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/gvalkov/tailon | no fix listed | GO-2024-2612 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artica Tech | Artica Proxy | 4.50 |
Weakness: CWE-288, CWE-552 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H