{"id":"CVE-2026-100501","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-100501","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:32:11.037Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-09-25T22:17:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-05T15:17:10.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-307"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00292,"percentile":0.2163,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-26","score":0.00292,"percentile":0.19506}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-25T22:17:11.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.3","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T22:17:10.793Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/.docker/Dockerfile#L28","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/controllers/auth/login.js#L11-L22","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/routes/auth.js#L7","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/issues/494","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flame-through-2.4.0-brute-force-attack-via-login-endpoint","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100501","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}