Journyx Unauthenticated Password Reset Bruteforce
Priority HIGH 82CWE-321Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.
Summary
Password reset tokens are generated using an insecure source of randomness. Attackers who know the username of the Journyx installation user can bruteforce the password reset and change the administrator password.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00717 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6890
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4rc5-7v2h-gq36
References
More Journyx vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06391 Journyx Authenticated Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-06393 Journyx Unauthenticated XML External Entities Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-06392 Journyx Reflected Cross Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-6890 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6890 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4rc5-7v2h-gq36 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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