CVE-2021-42072

HIGH

Barrier < 2.4.0 - Improper Authentication

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.4.0. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not sufficiently verify the identify of connecting clients. Clients can thus exploit weaknesses in the provided protocol to cause denial-of-service or stage further attacks that could lead to information leaks or integrity corruption.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/02/4
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases/tag/v2.4.0

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (3)
barrier_project/barrier < 2.4.0
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
Published Nov 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026