CRITICAL 9.8
PYSEC-2026-569
web2py is vulnerable to password brute-force attack
Details
web2py before 2.14.6 does not properly check if a host is denied before verifying passwords, allowing a remote attacker to perform brute-force attacks.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10321 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/1585#issuecomment-284317919 [WEB]
- https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/944d8bd8f3c5cf8ae296fc03d149056c65358426 [WEB]
- https://github.com/web2py/web2py [PACKAGE]
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1 [WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/web2py [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gv85-wgxc-vc56 [ADVISORY]