CVE-2024-6832: wso2 api_control_plane Protection Mechanism Failure

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6832 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in wso2 api_control_plane. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-08-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The account locking mechanism fails to trigger when secondary user stores are inaccessible. The software does not maintain a consistent state for account locking if it cannot reach all configured user stores, allowing an attacker to repeatedly attempt authentication with invalid credentials without triggering the lockout mechanism for users within active stores. When the account locking mechanism is bypassed due to the inaccessibility of secondary user stores, users in accessible user stores are left vulnerable to brute force attacks. A malicious actor can exploit this by attempting numerous invalid password combinations against a user account without the expected account lockout consequence.

• CWE-693Protection Mechanism FailureThe product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.