CVSS 4.0
8.6 highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-82269
High (8.6). EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Gophish through 0.12.1 fails to enforce account lockout and password change requirements in the API authentication middleware. Attackers with valid API keys can bypass these security controls and retain full API access even when their account is locked or password change is required.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
8.1 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-288
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/95618469799295e2c0fec980805a2dfbb818816b/middleware/middleware.go
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/9440
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gophish-account-lockout-and-forced-password-change-bypassable-via-api-key
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/9440