CVE-2026-100501 (GCVE-0-2026-100501)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 22:04
Modified
2026-10-05 14:55
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Summary
Flame through 2.4.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the POST /api/auth login endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the admin password. Attackers can submit unlimited password guesses without rate limiting, attempt counters, lockouts, or delays to gain full administrator access and modify application configuration.
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