CVE-2022-2166 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-2166: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in mastodon/mastodon

Vendor Mastodon
Product mastodon/mastodon
Weakness CWE-307 · Brute force
Published November 16, 2022
Last update April 29, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository mastodon/mastodon prior to 4.0.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 16, 2022 CVE published
April 29, 2025 Record updated