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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).

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-71205
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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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 source

Published 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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  "id": "f4f629bd2df9d2f2b459b8d7c5a197e3565d474739639f8abbb6915258e76b9d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-71205",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "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",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-71205",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-71205"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.55.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.55.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-71205.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:34.803175887Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71205.json",
        "https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71205"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-307"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "TuranSec",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71205.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-71205",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502127,
  "published_at": "2026-08-05T06:59:03.879+00:00"
}