Medium
changedetection.io - No Rate Limiting on /login Enables Unlimited Password Brute-Force
Type: advisorySources: OSV
changedetection.io's /login route checks the submitted password against a single PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 hash with no per-IP or per-session rate limiting, failed-attempt counter, or lockout (no rate-limiting library is present in requirements.txt).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-71205
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
changedetection.io - No Rate Limiting on /login Enables Unlimited Password Brute-Force
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 5 Aug 2026, 06:59 UTC
changedetection.io's /login route checks the submitted password against a single PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 hash with no per-IP or per-session rate limiting, failed-attempt counter, or lockout (no rate-limiting library is present in requirements.txt).
osv:CVE-2026-71205
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-71205",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "changedetection.io - No Rate Limiting on /login Enables Unlimited Password Brute-Force",
"summary": "changedetection.io's /login route checks the submitted password against a single PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 hash with no per-IP or per-session rate limiting, failed-attempt counter, or lockout (no rate-limiting library is present in requirements.txt).",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-71205",
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"https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io",
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 502127,
"published_at": "2026-08-05T06:59:03.879+00:00"
}