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CVE-2017-16613
critical
CVSS 9.8
Authentication Bypass in swauth (CVE-2017-16613)
Summary
authentication bypass in swauth (CVE-2017-16613). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2017-16613** has been found in swauth.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade swauth to **70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "swauth CVE-2017-16613" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-16613 (swauth) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**authentication bypass** (CWE-287) exists in swauth.
📍 Affected scope
swauth — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'swauth' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'swauth' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `swauth` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade swauth to 70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0ステージング環境で 70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298, 1.3.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
swauth
[{"repo":"https:\/\/github.com\/openstack\/swauth","type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4044
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhq8-xwqv-pvv9
- patch https://github.com/openstack/swauth/commit/70af7986265a3defea054c46efc82d0698917298
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101926
- web https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=882314
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1655781