{"id":"GHSA-gv85-wgxc-vc56","summary":"web2py is vulnerable to password brute-force attack","details":"web2py before 2.14.6 does not properly check if a host is denied before verifying passwords, allowing a remote attacker to perform brute-force attacks.","aliases":["CVE-2016-10321","PYSEC-2026-569"],"modified":"2026-06-29T12:26:21.056379098Z","published":"2022-05-14T00:57:47Z","database_specific":{"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-08-03T22:44:43Z","nvd_published_at":"2017-04-10T14:59:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-307"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10321"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/1585#issuecomment-284317919"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/944d8bd8f3c5cf8ae296fc03d149056c65358426"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/web2py/web2py"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"web2py","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/web2py"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.6"}]}],"versions":["1.96.4","1.98.2","2.1.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-gv85-wgxc-vc56/GHSA-gv85-wgxc-vc56.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}