CVE-2023-33189 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-33189

Incorrect Authorization with specially crafted requests

Vulnerability Description

Pomerium is an identity and context-aware access proxy. With specially crafted requests, incorrect authorization decisions may be made by Pomerium. This issue has been patched in versions 0.17.4, 0.18.1, 0.19.2, 0.20.1, 0.21.4 and 0.22.2.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pomerium
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 0.22.0, < 0.22.2, >= 0.21.0, < 0.21.4, >= 0.20.0, < 0.20.1, >= 0.19.0, < 0.19.2, >= 0.18.0, < 0.18.1, < 0.17.4

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2023
Last Modified: January 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-285

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Defense Evasion