CVE-2026-100501 PUBLISHED

Flame through 2.4.0 Brute-Force Attack via Login Endpoint

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor pawelmalak
Product flame
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.4.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Whispergate Security Research finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts CWE