Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their `nginx.conf` file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-35925
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 20:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 2 Aug 2022, 20:15 UTC
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their `nginx.conf` file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.
osv:CVE-2022-35925
Complete source record
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"title": "Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm",
"summary": "BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their `nginx.conf` file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.",
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