CVE-2024-8462

Windmill HTTP Request users.rs excessive authentication

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2024 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWindmill

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability was found in Windmill 1.380.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file backend/windmill-api/src/users.rs of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.390.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as acfe7786152f036f2476f93ab5536571514fa9e3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

3.7LOWVulDB
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-307

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