Security Resilience

CVE-2023-2418

Crypto Weakness in Konghq Kong 2.8.3

Published
29 April 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 3.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0073 53th percentile
Risk Priority 30 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-2418 is a low-severity Use of Insufficiently Random Values (CWE-330) vulnerability in Konghq Kong. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Konga 2.8.3 on Kong. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Login API. The manipulation leads to insufficiently random values. The complexity of an attack is rather high.…

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The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to change the configuration settings. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-227715.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

konghq
kong
2.8.3

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-330

Key generation under controlled management uses approved random-bit sources rather than insufficiently random values.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

blocks

Cryptographic controls require use of approved, sufficiently random values for keys and nonces.

blocks

Secure SDLC processes include verification steps that can catch insufficient randomness but do not directly specify RNG requirements.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly prohibit use of weak or predictable random number generators.

finds

Security testing can detect weak randomness but does not prescribe the control itself.

degrades

Secure authentication mechanisms depend on unpredictable values (nonces, salts, session tokens) to resist guessing.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

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