CVE-2021-27215

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    CVE-2021-27215

    Published: 3 Mar 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in genua genugate before 9.0 Z p19, 9.1.x through 9.6.x before 9.6 p7, and 10.x before 10.1 p4. The Web Interfaces (Admin, Userweb, Sidechannel) can use different methods to perform the authentication of a user. A specific authentication method during login does not check the provided data (when a certain manipulation occurs) and returns OK for any authentication request. This allows an attacker to login to the admin panel as a user of his choice, e.g., the root user (with highest privileges) or even a non-existing user.

    References: https://www.genua.de/en/it-security-solutions/high-resistance-firewall-genugate, , https://kunde.genua.de/en/overview/genugate.html, https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/authentication-bypass-genua-genugate/

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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