MajorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-100501 (CVSS 8.3)
NVD · officialPublished Sep 25, 2026Risk 37/100
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.
Technical details
CVSS
8.3
AV:NetworkAC:HighPR:NoneUI:None
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