CVE-2022-43978
Limited Authentication bypass due to hardcoded secret
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Limited Authentication bypass due to hardcoded secret
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.
- Record
CVE-2022-43978- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-46946
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.
- Record
EUVD-2022-46946- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rw3x-x7f9-xrj4
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies...
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.
- Record
GHSA-rw3x-x7f9-xrj4- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Pandora FMS v764. The application verifies that the user has a valid session when he is not trying to do a login. Since the secret is static in generatePublicHash function, an attacker with knowledge of a valid session can abuse this in order to pass the authentication check.
- Record
CVE-2022-43978- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-43978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Artica Pfms Pandora Fms, published January 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.