Description
Affected versions of MISP do not consistently apply the existing authentication-failure logging throttle.


Two API authentication failure branches wrote directly to the Log model:

 - API requests with no authentication key;
 - requests supplying an API key with an incorrect length




Unlike other authentication failures, these paths bypassed _shouldLog(), so every request could create another durable auth_fail entry.

Version affected: ≤2.5.45
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The fix applies the existing hourly per-key log throttle to the two previously unguarded authentication-failure log writes. The throttle key is now derived from the client's source IP address rather than from caller-supplied input, preventing an attacker from generating unbounded Redis throttle entries. A per-request memo (stored in Configure::read('CurrentRequestAuthFailKeys')) is added to _shouldLog() to prevent duplicate log entries when beforeFilter() executes a second time via CakeErrorController on an exception, ensuring one request produces at most one log entry per key regardless of the operator's log_each_individual_auth_fail setting.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Affected versions of MISP do not consistently apply the existing authentication-failure logging throttle. Two API authentication failure branches wrote directly to the Log model:  - API requests with no authentication key;  - requests supplying an API key with an incorrect length Unlike other authentication failures, these paths bypassed _shouldLog(), so every request could create another durable auth_fail entry. Version affected: ≤2.5.45
Title MISP Unthrottled Authentication Failure Log Writes Enable Resource Exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CIRCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T12:32:06.515Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:43:17.522Z

Link: CVE-2026-92003

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T12:17:55.757

Modified: 2026-09-15T12:17:55.757

Link: CVE-2026-92003

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