CVE-2026-108163 (GCVE-0-2026-108163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-10 13:55
Modified
2026-10-14 16:03
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Summary
Pingvin Share X before 1.22.0 contains an ineffective rate limiting vulnerability because throttler TTL values specified in seconds are interpreted as milliseconds. Unauthenticated attackers can send effectively unthrottled requests to /api/auth/signIn, /api/auth/signIn/totp and /api/auth/resetPassword to brute-force passwords and TOTP codes.
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Impacted products
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smp46 pingvin-share-x Version: 0   ≤
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