Design/Logic Flaw

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Prior to version 4.0.0, malicious users may try to get access to resources they are not allowed to see, by creating resources with integers as names. One example where this is a risk, is when users define which users are allowed to...

PYSEC-2023-200

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. When a collaboration is deleted, the linked resources such as tasks from that collaboration should be deleted. This is partly to manage data properly, but also to prevent a potential but unlikely side-effect that affects versions...

Design/Logic Flaw

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. When a collaboration is deleted, the linked resources such as tasks from that collaboration should be deleted. This is partly to manage data properly, but also to prevent a potential but unlikely side-effect that affects versions...

PYSEC-2023-201

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. The endpoint /api/collaboration/id/task is used to collect all tasks from a certain collaboration. To get such tasks, a user should have permission to view the collaboration and to view the tasks in it. However, prior to version...

CVE-2023-41882 vantage6 Improper Access Control vulnerability

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. The endpoint /api/collaboration/id/task is used to collect all tasks from a certain collaboration. To get such tasks, a user should have permission to view the collaboration and to view the tasks in it. However, prior to version...

CVE-2023-41882

Vantage6 vulnerability: The /api/collaboration/{id}/task endpoint incorrectly enforces access control prior to version 4.0.0 by only checking collaboration permission instead of task-permission. Affected product: vantage6 privacy-preserving federated learning infrastructure. Patch: version 4.0.0 ...

CVE-2023-41881 Deleting a collaboration should also delete linked resources

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. When a collaboration is deleted, the linked resources such as tasks from that collaboration should be deleted. This is partly to manage data properly, but also to prevent a potential but unlikely side-effect that affects versions...

CVE-2023-41881 Deleting a collaboration should also delete linked resources

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. When a collaboration is deleted, the linked resources such as tasks from that collaboration should be deleted. This is partly to manage data properly, but also to prevent a potential but unlikely side-effect that affects versions...

CVE-2023-41881

Vantage6 vulnerabilities: When a collaboration is deleted, linked resources (e.g., tasks) are not reliably deleted in versions prior to 4.0.0. This could allow authenticated users in a later-created collaboration to see results from the deleted collaboration in some cases. The issue is fixed in v...

CVE-2023-28635 Defining resource name as integer in vantage6 may give unintended access

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Prior to version 4.0.0, malicious users may try to get access to resources they are not allowed to see, by creating resources with integers as names. One example where this is a risk, is when users define which users are allowed to...

CVE-2023-28635

The CVE-2023-28635 issue affects vantage6 prior to version 4.0.0, where resources named with integers could bypass access controls and allow some users to run algorithms they’re not authorized to. The root cause is a mismatch between resource IDs and names, enabling attackers to exploit numeric i...

CVE-2023-28635 Defining resource name as integer in vantage6 may give unintended access

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Prior to version 4.0.0, malicious users may try to get access to resources they are not allowed to see, by creating resources with integers as names. One example where this is a risk, is when users define which users are allowed to...

CVE-2023-28635 Defining resource name as integer in vantage6 may give unintended access

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Prior to version 4.0.0, malicious users may try to get access to resources they are not allowed to see, by creating resources with integers as names. One example where this is a risk, is when users define which users are allowed to...

CVE-2023-23930

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions prior to 4.0.0 use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. Version...

CVE-2023-23930

The CVE-2023-23930 entry concerns vantage6, a privacy-preserving federated learning platform. Versions before 4.0.0 default to Python pickle for serialization, which has known security issues; all users posting tasks with the default serialization are affected. A patch exists in version 4.0.0 tha...

AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online: Lock and Code S04E21

This week on the Lock and Code podcast... What are you most worried about online? And what are you doing to stay safe? Depending on who you are, those could be very different answers, but for teenagers and members of Generation Z, the internet isn't so scary because of traditional threats like...

New OS Tool Tells You Who Has Access to What Data

Ensuring sensitive data remains confidential, protected from unauthorized access, and compliant with data privacy regulations is paramount. Data breaches result in financial and reputational damage but also lead to legal consequences. Therefore, robust data access security measures are essential ...

Meta and TikTok consider charging users for ad-free experience

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Meta is considering charging its European users around $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram. On mobile devices, the price for a single account would be higher because Meta would factor in commissions...

The vulnerability of embedded software in Qualcomm products is caused by a situation where hackers can influence the privacy, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of embedded Qualcomm software relates to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information through calls to the IOCTL munmap command...

What is the dark web?

Most users interact with the internet through the web, and many of the threat actors we write about operate on the "dark web." Broadly speaking, the dark web is a small portion of the "deep web," where the deep web represents most of the Web. We know, its confusing -- lets walk through an example...