DFIR-IRIS Missing Brute Force Protection in OTP Validation
Priority LOW 26CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
The IRIS web application in version 2.4.26 and possibly others does not protect its MFA validation against brute-force attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00332 26th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16971
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rgg5-4fcv-9382
References
More dfir-iris vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-15096 DFIR-IRIS Stored XSS in Datastore Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-14129 DFIR-IRIS Stored XSS in Assets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-30819 IRIS has an Excessive Data Exposure issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-30818 IRIS has an Insecure File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-30827 IRIS Alerts Can be Falsely Attributed to Customers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-30635 Iris has an Open Redirect issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-16971 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16971 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rgg5-4fcv-9382 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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