CVE-2024-8796
Published: 17 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8796 is a medium-severity Insufficient Entropy (CWE-331) vulnerability in Tinfoilsecurity Devise-Two-Factor. Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-2856
Vulnerability details
Under the default configuration, Devise-Two-Factor versions >= 2.2.0 & < 6.0.0 generate TOTP shared secrets that are 120 bits instead of the 128-bit minimum defined by RFC 4226. Using a shared secret shorter than the minimum to generate a multi-factor…
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authentication code could make it easier for an attacker to guess the shared secret and generate valid TOTP codes.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Approved key-establishment methods mandate sufficient entropy during key generation, eliminating entropy-starved keys.