Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2026
CVE-2026-100501
CVE-2026-100501
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=2.4.0
Patches
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References
5- github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/.docker/Dockerfilenvd
- github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/controllers/auth/login.jsnvd
- github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/routes/auth.jsnvd
- github.com/pawelmalak/flame/issues/494nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flame-through-2.4.0-brute-force-attack-via-login-endpointnvd
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