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High · 8.8 CVE-2022-31149 EUVD-2022-52769

ActivityWatch vulnerable to DNS rebinding attack

Published Sep 7, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ActivityWatch open-source automated time tracker. Versions prior to 0.12.0b2 are vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. This vulnerability impacts everyone running ActivityWatch and gives the attacker full access to the ActivityWatch REST API. Users should upgrade to v0.12.0b2 or later to receive a patch. As a workaround, block DNS lookups that resolve to 127.0.0.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ActivityWatch activitywatch < 0.12.0b2 —

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