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TI-2024-07844 Aliases CVE-2024-8462GHSA-g6q4-w3j3-jfc4

Windmill HTTP Request users.rs excessive authentication

Priority LOW 29CWE-307Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00541 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Windmill1.380.0—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/windmill-labs/windmill (Go)up to 1.61.1—No fix listedGHSA-g6q4-w3j3-jfc4
  • Windmill Vendor— Affected 1.380.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/windmill-labs/windmill (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.61.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-g6q4-w3j3-jfc4

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8462
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g6q4-w3j3-jfc4

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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