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High · 8.3 CVE-2022-36071 EUVD-2022-6703GHSA-54qx-8p8w-xhg8GO-2022-0964

Recovery codes abuse in SFTPGo

Published Sep 2, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

SFTPGo is configurable SFTP server with optional HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV support. SFTPGo WebAdmin and WebClient support login using TOTP (Time-based One Time Passwords) as a secondary authentication factor. Because TOTPs are often configured on mobile devices that can be lost, stolen or damaged, SFTPGo also supports recovery codes. These are a set of one time use codes that can be used instead of the TOTP. In SFTPGo versions from version 2.2.0 to 2.3.3 recovery codes can be generated before enabling two-factor authentication. An attacker who knows the user's password could potentially generate some recovery codes and then bypass two-factor authentication after it is enabled on the account at a later time. This issue has been fixed in version 2.3.4. Recovery codes can now only be generated after enabling two-factor authentication and are deleted after disabling it.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
drakkan sftpgo >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/drakkan/sftpgo all versions — GO-2022-0964
Go github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-54qx-8p8w-xhg8

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