Brute force of TOTP codes in PLANKA via verify-totp endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
PLANKA 2.2.0 through 2.2.1 fails to limit incorrect TOTP codes submitted to the POST /api/access-tokens/verify-totp endpoint (CWE-307). An attacker who knows a user's password can reuse the ten-minute pending token to guess six-digit codes until one succeeds, obtaining a full access token.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
PLANKA 2.2.0 through 2.2.1 fails to limit incorrect TOTP codes submitted to POST /api/access-tokens/verify-totp, allowing attackers to brute force two-factor authentication codes. Attackers who know a user's password can reuse the ten-minute pending token to guess six-digit codes until one succeeds, obtaining a full access token.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for PLANKA.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105835
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-vxgr-w3f5-4g4j
- 2026-10-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-09 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-09 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More planka vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02453 Path Traversal in plankanban/planka CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-105835 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105835 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vxgr-w3f5-4g4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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