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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-36436 Detail

Description

OSU Open Source Lab VNCAuthProxy through 1.1.1 is affected by an vncap/vnc/protocol.py VNCServerAuthenticator authentication-bypass vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to a VNC session or to disconnect a legitimate user from a VNC session. A remote attacker with network access to the proxy server could leverage this vulnerability to connect to VNC servers protected by the proxy server without providing any authentication credentials. Exploitation of this issue requires that the proxy server is currently accepting connections for the target VNC server.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://cert.grnet.gr/en/blog/cve-2022-36436-twisted-vnc-authentication-proxy-authentication-bypass/ CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/osuosl/twisted_vncauthproxy/commit/edc149af29242178091b2d6fcd42c3ef0851644b CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/osuosl/twisted_vncauthproxy/tree/release/1.1.1 CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://pypi.org/project/VNCAuthProxy/ CVE, MITRE Product 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-36436
NVD Published Date:
09/14/2022
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
MITRE