CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2018-14705 — In Drobo 5N2 4.0.5, all optional applications lack any form of authentication/authorization validation
In Drobo 5N2 4.0.5, all optional applications lack any form of authentication/authorization validation. As a result, any user capable of accessing the device over the network may interact with and control these applications. This not only poses a severe risk to the availability of these applications, but also poses severe risks to the confidentiality and integrity of data stored within the applications and the device itself.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2020-02-24
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Affected products
- drobo / 5n2_firmware / 4.0.5
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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