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CVE-2021-4236 (GCVE-0-2021-4236)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-27 21:13 – Updated: 2025-04-11 16:20
VLAI
Title
Panic or authentication bypass in github.com/ecnepsnai/web
Summary
Web Sockets do not execute any AuthenticateMethod methods which may be set, leading to a nil pointer dereference if the returned UserData pointer is assumed to be non-nil, or authentication bypass. This issue only affects WebSockets with an AuthenticateMethod hook. Request handlers that do not explicitly use WebSockets are not vulnerable.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-11 16:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
github.com/ecnepsnai/web github.com/ecnepsnai/web Affected: 1.4.0 , < 1.5.2 (semver)
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