CVE-2026-19898VictoriaMetrics VMAuth Authentication Endpoint main.go requestHandler excessive authentication
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A vulnerability was found in VictoriaMetrics up to 1.146.0. Impacted is the function requestHandler of the file app/vmauth/main.go of the component VMAuth Authentication Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is considered difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 1.147.0 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is named 119ba0fb5be8024d50c5ba946599b2e69e8803ea. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
- CVSS
- 3.7 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-307, CWE-799
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulDB
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
n/a VictoriaMetrics victoriametrics:victoriametrics | 1.146; 1.147.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/390088vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/390088/ctisignature, permissions-required
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19898third-party-advisory
- https://vuldb.com/submit/870679third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/11180exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/security/advisories/GHSA-c7pm-322g-r9gfbroken-link
- https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/commit/119ba0fb5be8024d50c5ba946599b2e69e8803eapatch
- https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.147.0patch
- https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/product
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