CVE-2026-28510 PUBLISHED

elabftw allows MFA bypass during login

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 27.02.2026 Published: 05.05.2026 Updated: 05.05.2026

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook. In elabftw versions through 5.4.1, the login flow did not reliably preserve the multi-factor authentication state across authentication steps. Under certain conditions, an attacker with valid primary credentials could complete authentication with an attacker-controlled TOTP secret and bypass the additional factor. This could result in unauthorized account access. This issue is fixed in version 5.4.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.9

Product Status

Vendor elabftw
Product elabftw
Versions
  • Version = 5.4.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data CWE