CVE-2026-44196 PUBLISHED

Pingvin Share X: TOTP Authentication Bypass via Password-only Login

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor smp46
Product pingvin-share-x
Versions
  • Version >= 1.14.1, < 1.16.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE
  • CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison CWE