CVE-2026-8793

published 2026-08-03

CVE-2026-8793: PaperCut NG/MF does not properly restrict excessive authentication attempts within its login component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this…

Priority P3 45 medium 6.9 CVSS 4.0

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PaperCut NG/MF does not properly restrict excessive authentication attempts within its login component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform unrestricted brute-force or credential-stuffing attacks without triggering account lockout or rate-limiting mechanisms in some configurations.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
papercut	papercut_ng_mf	< 26.0.3	26.0.3

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