What is Broken Authentication
Broken authentication lets attackers assume another user's identity via credential stuffing, forged tokens, or auth-bypass CVEs like Fortinet's CVE-2022-40684.
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Broken authentication lets attackers assume another user's identity via credential stuffing, forged tokens, or auth-bypass CVEs like Fortinet's CVE-2022-40684.
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