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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/.docker/Dockerfile#L28
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/controllers/auth/login.js#L11-L22
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/blob/v2.4.0/routes/auth.js#L7
- https://github.com/pawelmalak/flame/issues/494
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flame-through-2.4.0-brute-force-attack-via-login-endpoint
CWEs
CWE-307
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.