Medium

vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. vantage6 does not inform the user of wrong username/password combination if the username actually exists

  • Disclosed: 28.02.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. vantage6 does not inform the user of wrong username/password combination if the username actually exists. This is an attempt to prevent bots from obtaining usernames. However, if a wrong password is entered a number of times, the user account is blocked temporarily. This issue has been fixed in version 3.8.0.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) vantage6 >= 3.3.3, < 3.8.0 3.8.0

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-203, CWE-204
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
vantage6
Disclosed
28.02.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2023-313 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-36gx-9q6h-g429 - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2023-52 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: vantage6

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (20) in the archive
Total entries
20
First → latest
02.2023 07.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 5
  • Medium 9
  • Low 6

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 7
  2. 2024: 7
  3. 2025: 1
  4. 2026: 5
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2024-21649 < 4.2.0 4.2.0
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2023-23929 < 3.8.0 3.8.0
  3. High · 6.5 CVE-2023-22738 < 3.8.0 3.8.0
  4. vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. vantage6 does not inform the user of wrong username/password combination if the username actually exists this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2022-39228 >= 3.3.3, < 3.8.0 3.8.0

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