CVE-2023-27582 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-27582

Full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified

Vulnerability Description

maddy is a composable, all-in-one mail server. Starting with version 0.2.0 and prior to version 0.6.3, maddy allows a full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified when using the PLAIN authentication mechanisms. Instead of validating the specified username, it is accepted as is after checking the credentials for the authentication username. maddy 0.6.3 includes the fix for the bug. There are no known workarounds.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

maddy
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 0.2.0 0.6.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 13th, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287 CWE-305

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1556 Modify Authentication Process
Credential Access