CVE-2024-52796: Password Pusher rate limiter can be bypassed by forging proxy headers

November 20, 2024

Password Pusher comes with a configurable rate limiter. In versions prior to v1.49.0, the rate limiter could be bypassed by forging proxy headers allowing bad actors to send unlimited traffic to the site potentially causing a denial of service.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffp2-8p2h-4m5j
github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher
github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher/security/advisories/GHSA-ffp2-8p2h-4m5j
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52796

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