Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in modoboa/modoboa-installer
Priority HIGH 68CWE-307Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository modoboa/modoboa-installer prior to 2.0.4.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00659 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed modoboa/modoboa-installer (modoboa): 2.0.4modoboa (PyPI): 2.0.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| modoboa | modoboa/modoboa-installer | before 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | modoboa (PyPI) | before 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 | Patch available | GHSA-q9ww-gjpw-p9g6 |
- modoboa/modoboa-installer Vendormodoboa Affected before 2.0.4 Fixed in 2.0.4 Patch available CNA
- modoboa (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.4 Fixed in 2.0.4 Patch available GHSA-q9ww-gjpw-p9g6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA modoboa/modoboa-installer (modoboa) Fixed in 2.0.4
- Fix · GHSA-q9ww-gjpw-p9g6 modoboa (PyPI) Fixed in 2.0.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0860
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9ww-gjpw-p9g6
- 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-0860 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0860 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q9ww-gjpw-p9g6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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