# CVE-2023-27582: Full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified

- Also known as: GO-2023-1630, GHSA-4G76-W3XW-2X6W
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.3
- Published: 2023-03-13 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- foxcpp maddy: \>= 0.2.0 0.6.3
- github.com/foxcpp/maddy (Go): from 0.2.0, fixed in 0.6.3

## Description

maddy is a composable, all-in-one mail server. Starting with version 0.2.0 and prior to version 0.6.3, maddy allows a full authentication bypass if SASL authorization username is specified when using the PLAIN authentication mechanisms. Instead of validating the specified username, it is accepted as is after checking the credentials for the authentication username. maddy 0.6.3 includes the fix for the bug. There are no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on foxcpp maddy, github.com/foxcpp/maddy, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/security/advisories/GHSA-4g76-w3xw-2x6w
- https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/commit/55a91a37b71210f34f98f4d327c30308fe24399a
- https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/commit/9f58cb64b39cdc01928ec463bdb198c4c2313a9c
- https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/releases/tag/v0.6.3

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