CVE-2022-36436

Critical

Description

OSU Open Source Lab VNCAuthProxy through 1.1.1 is affected by an vncap/vnc/protocol.py VNCServerAuthenticator authentication-bypass vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to a VNC session or to disconnect a legitimate user from a VNC session. A remote attacker with network access to the proxy server could leverage this vulnerability to connect to VNC servers protected by the proxy server without providing any authentication credentials. Exploitation of this issue requires that the proxy server is currently accepting connections for the target VNC server.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVncauthproxy
PublishedSep 14, 2022
First seenSep 14, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • vncauthproxy1.2.0 or later
  • osuosl twisted_vnc_authentication_proxy1.2.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vncauthproxyPyPIv < 1.2.01.2.0
osuosl twisted_vnc_authentication_proxyv < 1.2.01.2.0

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