Ineffective authentication rate limiting in Pingvin Share X
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Pingvin Share X before 1.22.0 contains an ineffective rate limiting flaw because throttler TTL values set in seconds are interpreted as milliseconds, as described in CWE-307. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send effectively unthrottled requests to /api/auth/signIn, /api/auth/signIn/totp and /api/auth/resetPassword to brute-force passwords and TOTP codes.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Pingvin Share X before 1.22.0 contains an ineffective rate limiting vulnerability because throttler TTL values specified in seconds are interpreted as milliseconds. Unauthenticated attackers can send effectively unthrottled requests to /api/auth/signIn, /api/auth/signIn/totp and /api/auth/resetPassword to brute-force passwords and TOTP codes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
Update Pingvin Share X to version 1.22.0 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA pingvin-share-x (smp46) Fixed in 1.22.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
smp46 pingvin-share-x — GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-7gx2-g6x2-7mjg)
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-70530 Rate limit bypass in Pingvin Share X via spoofed X-Forwarded-ForPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108163
- 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-2x75-qffm-gvv9
- 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More smp46 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-70100 Account takeover in Pingvin Share X via OAuth email linking CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-32175 Pingvin Share X: TOTP Authentication Bypass via Password-only Login CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-36622 TOTP enrollment hijack: password gate skipped due to unawaited promise CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-70530 Rate limit bypass in Pingvin Share X via spoofed X-Forwarded-For CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-108163 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-108163 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2x75-qffm-gvv9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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