CVE-2026-100501
Flame through 2.4.0 Brute-Force Attack via Login Endpoint
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.3 High
- Published
- Sep 25, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
flamepawelmalak |
|
References
- GitHub Issue #494 (finding 1)issue-tracking
- POST /api/auth registered with no rate limitingtechnical-description
- login compares the single admin password and issues a JWTtechnical-description
- Docker image default PASSWORDtechnical-description
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flameproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: Flame through 2.4.0 Brute-Force Attack via Login Endpointthird-party-advisory
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