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CVE-2026-44196

From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.

CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-287, CWE-697
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/smp46/pingvin-share-x/security/advisories/GHSA-j679-vp39-qwqq

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.