CVE-2026-82269

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gophish-account-lockout-and-forced-password-change-bypassable-via-api-key

https://github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/9440

https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/95618469799295e2c0fec980805a2dfbb818816b/middleware/middleware.go

https://github.com/gophish/gophish

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-28

Updated: 2026-08-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

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

Severity: High