Vulnerability
CVE-2026-100501
Descriptive record received from OpenCTI and minimised for consultation in the Intel portal.
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- PUBLIC-OSINT
- Confidence
- 100
- Source
- The CVE Program
- Updated
- 26/09/2026 03:17
Description
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.
Aliases and classifications
CWE-307Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Minimised technical details
No raw data- cisa kev
- False
- cvss score
- 6.5
- cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- cvss severity
- MEDIUM
Provenance
Public references
- Docker image default PASSWORD
https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/.docker/Dockerfile - login compares the single admin password and issues a JWT
https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/controllers/auth/login.js - POST /api/auth registered with no rate limiting
https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/routes/auth.js - GitHub Issue #494 (finding 5)
https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/issues/494 - VulnCheck Advisory: Flame through 2.4.0 Brute-Force Attack via Login Endpoint
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flame-through-2.4.0-brute-force-attack-via-login-endpoint - product
https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame
EudorIA correlation
Intel catalogue
The vulnerability is also available in the EudorIA editorial catalogue.
Open EudorIA analysisPresence in OpenCTI describes an intelligence correlation and does not, by itself, constitute evidence of compromise, legal attribution or operational guidance applicable without context verification.