Medium, CVSS 5.1NuGetPublished
Internal NCryptDecrypt method could be used externally from WindowsHello library.
CVE-2020-11005 · GHSA-wvpv-ffcv-r6cw
- Affected
- NuGet haemmerelectronics.sepppenner.windowshello < 1.0.4
- Fixed in
- 1.0.4· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact Every user of the library before version 1.0.4. Patches Patched in 1.0.4+. Workarounds None. References https://github.com/SeppPenner/WindowsHello/issues/3 For more information It this library is used to encrypt text and write the output to a txt file, another executable could be able to decrypt the text using the static method NCryptDecrypt from this same library without the need to use Windows Hello Authentication again.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.0.4 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.