CVE-2026-100501: 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. Attack
What it means
NIST National Vulnerability Database ha pubblicato CVE-2026-100501. La rilevanza va confermata rispetto alle tecnologie effettivamente in uso.
Why it matters
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Text acquired from the source
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.
- Source
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Publishing entity
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Entity type
- National authority
- Area
- North America · US
- Original language
- en · translation in preparation
- Publication
- 26/09/2026 00:17
- CVE
- CVE-2026-100501
- Classification
- High
- Stated country
- US
Affected products and versions
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