CVE-2026-19898 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-19898: VictoriaMetrics VMAuth Authentication Endpoint main.go requestHandler excessive authentication

Vendor N/A
Product VictoriaMetrics
Weakness CWE-307 · Brute force
Published August 15, 2026
Last update August 15, 2026

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability was found in VictoriaMetrics up to 1.146.0. Impacted is the function requestHandler of the file app/vmauth/main.go of the component VMAuth Authentication Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is considered difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 1.147.0 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is named 119ba0fb5be8024d50c5ba946599b2e69e8803ea. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 15, 2026 CVE published

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