Bypass of application rate-limiting mechanism
Priority LOW 15CWE-307Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with local network access to bypass the application's rate-limiting mechanism, enabling brute-forcing of the screen-sharing code and potentially displaying harmful content on the affected screen.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00133 2nd 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-2026-55977
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c7qx-9h3v-84x3
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-55977 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-55977 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c7qx-9h3v-84x3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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