CVE-2024-0227: Devise two factor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-chcr-x7hc-8fp8",
  "modified" : "2024-03-20T15:34:05Z",
  "published" : "2024-01-12T15:13:05Z",
  "withdrawn" : "2024-03-19T22:33:55Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-0227" ],
  "summary" : "Devise-Two-Factor vulnerable to brute force attacks",
  "details" : "### Advisory withdrawn\nThe backing CVE has been rejected\n\nDevise-Two-Factor does not throttle or otherwise restrict login attempts at the server by default. When combined with the Time-based One Time Password algorithm's (TOTP) inherent entropy limitations, it's possible for an attacker to bypass the 2FA mechanism through brute-force attacks.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf a user's username and password have already been compromised an attacker would be able to try possible TOTP codes and see if they can hit a lucky collision to log in as that user. The user under attack would not necessarily know that their account has been compromised.\n\n### Patches\n\nDevise-Two-Factor has not released any fixes for this vulnerability. This library is open-ended by design and cannot solve this for all applications natively. It's recommended that any application leveraging Devise-Two-Factor implement controls at the application level to mitigate this threat. A non-exhaustive list of possible mitigations can be found below.\n\n#### Mitigations\n\n1. Use the `lockable` strategy from Devise to lock a user after a certain number of failed login attempts. See https://www.rubydoc.info/github/heartcombo/devise/main/Devise/Models/Lockable for more information.\n2. Configure a rate limit for your application, especially on the endpoints used to log in. One such library to accomplish this is [rack-attack](https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-attack).\n3. When displaying authentication errors hide whether validating a username/password combination failed or a two-factor code failed behind a more generic error message.\n\n### Acknowledgements\n\nChristian Reitter ([Radically Open Security](https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/)) and Chris MacNaughton ([Centauri Solutions](https://centauri.solutions))",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "RubyGems",
      "name" : "devise-two-factor"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.0.0"
      }, {
        "last_affected" : "5.0.0"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/devise-two-factor/devise-two-factor/security/advisories/GHSA-chcr-x7hc-8fp8"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0227"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/devise-two-factor/devise-two-factor"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/devise-two-factor/CVE-2024-0227.yml"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-307" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2024-01-12T15:13:05Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2024-01-11T20:15:44Z"
  }
}