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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-100501 EUVD-2026-87367GHSA-r7p3-q524-5mc7

Flame through 2.4.0 Brute-Force Attack via Login Endpoint

Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Oct 5, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pawelmalak flame ≤ 2.4.0 —

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