HIGH7.5
PYSEC-2026-835
No protection against brute-force attacks on login page
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-835 — kiwitcms: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'kiwitcms>=12.0'Details
### Impact Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page.
### Patches Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later.
### Workarounds Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS. For example nginx.
### References [Disclosed by spyata](https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795/)
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Affected packages
References
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25156[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/0ed213fa0ddb7a6dc77e3c3b99e8fc90ccdaf46f[WEB]
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi[PACKAGE]
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795[WEB]
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/kiwitcms[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9[ADVISORY]