CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

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The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

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vulnerabilities (777)

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IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2026-19490UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
Vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: from 14.1 through 73.32 and from 13.1 through 63.21; Gateway: from 14.1 through 73.32 and from 13.1 t…
CVE-2026-18577UShigh8.1OT criticalKEV
An incomplete patch for CVE-2026-18556 allows for authentication bypass and account takeover in N-central Versions through 2026.3.1
CVE-2026-18556UShigh7.4OT criticalKEV
Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Authentication Bypass. This issue affects N-central: through 2026.1.
CVE-2026-20079US—OT criticalKEV
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute…
CVE-2026-1603UShigh7.5OT criticalKEV
An authentication bypass in Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak specific stored credential data.
CVE-2026-24858US—OT criticalKEV
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiAnalyzer 7.4.0 through 7.4.9,…
CVE-2026-23760UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
SmarterTools SmarterMail versions prior to build 9511 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the password reset API. The force-reset-password endpoint permits anonymous…
CVE-2025-57819UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
FreePBX is an open-source web-based graphical user interface. FreePBX 15, 16, and 17 endpoints are vulnerable due to insufficiently sanitized user-supplied data allowing unauthenti…
CVE-2025-34026UShigh7.5OT criticalKEV
The Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform is vulnerable to an authentication bypass in the Traefik reverse proxy configuration, allowing at attacker to access administrative…
CVE-2025-4427UShigh7.5OT criticalKEV
An authentication bypass in the API component of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior allows attackers to access protected resources without proper credentials via the…
CVE-2025-2747US—OT criticalKEV
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server component password handling for the server defined None type. A…
CVE-2025-2746US—OT criticalKEV
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server password handling of empty SHA1 usernames in digest authenticat…
CVE-2025-24472US—OT criticalKEV
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19…
CVE-2024-55591UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7…
CVE-2024-27198UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.11.4 authentication bypass allowing to perform admin actions was possible
CVE-2024-1709UScritical10.0OT criticalKEV
ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior are affected by an Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability, which may allow an attacker direct access to…
CVE-2023-46747UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
Undisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addre…
CVE-2023-42793UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.05.4 authentication bypass leading to RCE on TeamCity Server was possible
CVE-2023-20269UScritical9.1OT criticalKEV
A vulnerability in the remote access VPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticate…
CVE-2020-10148UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to b…
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