CVE-2022-24755 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability affecting Bareos Director versions 18.2 up to 21.1.0, 20.0.6, and 19.2.12 when configured for PAM authentication. This flaw allows expired or disabled accounts to bypass authorization checks and successfully log in, granting unauthorized access to backup, archiving, and recovery functions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 18.2, < 19.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bareos:bareos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 20.0.0, < 20.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bareos:bareos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.0.0, < 21.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bareos:bareos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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