CVE-2026-111883

Locust through 2.46.7 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows remote attackers to stop load tests or reset statistics via GET requests to /stop and /stats/reset. Attackers can lure an operator to a malicious page triggering cross-site GET requests, terminating running swarms and wiping recorded performance results.

CVSS 4.0

5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-352

Published

2026-10-19

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

References

• https://github.com/locustio/locust/blob/2.46.7/locust/web.py
• https://github.com/locustio/locust/commit/3a1d0caa5bde59494ede55f513fcb4becbf406a0
• https://github.com/locustio/locust/issues/3566
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/locust-through-2.46.7-csrf-via-web-ui-stop-and-stats-reset
• https://github.com/locustio/locust/issues/3566

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