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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-44195 EUVD-2026-30185

OPNsense: Authentication lockout bypass

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.7, a logic flaw in the OPNsense lockout_handler allows an unauthenticated attacker to continuously reset the authentication failure counter for their IP address. By interjecting a crafted username containing a success keyword ("Accepted" or "Successful login") between normal brute-force attempts, an attacker can prevent the failure counter from ever reaching the lockout threshold. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.1.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
opnsense core < 26.1.7 —

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