dataCycle No Brute-Force Protection On Web And API Login Endpoints
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
dataCycle is a data management system for centrally storing, managing, searching, finding, and distributing data. In dataCycle-CORE, the module handling core processing and framework rules, before and including version 25.07.3, the application accepts unlimited password guesses against both the browser login flow and the JSON login endpoint. The source code enables Devise's `:lockable` module on the user model but explicitly disables both lock and unlock strategies, and no request throttling or rate-limiting layer was identified in the Rails code. This creates a direct online password-guessing risk: - valid user accounts can be attacked continuously without temporary lockout - the same weakness is reachable through both `/users/sign_in` and `/api/v4/auth/login` - successful guessing yields a normal session cookie in the HTML flow or a fresh JWT in the API flow - the API endpoint is especially attractive for automation because it requires no CSRF token This has been patched in version 26.06.08.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| datacycle-engine | dataCycle-CORE | up to 25.07.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- dataCycle-CORE Vendordatacycle-engine Affected up to 25.07.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32825
References
More datacycle-engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25289 dataCycle Public Markdown Path Traversal Via /docs/*path CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-25277 dataCycle Public DataLink Text File Download Ignores Validity And Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-25276 dataCycle Authorization Bypass Via /remote_render CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-25290 API Collection Impersonation Via user_email And Missing Object- Level Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-25293 dataCycle User API Password Reset And Confirmation Flows Trust Attacker- Controlled Redirect Targets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2026-25291 dataCycle Unauthenticated Reflected DOM XSS Via flash[...] On Public Pages CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
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