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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| PaperCut | PaperCut NG/MF | unaffected |
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | PaperCut NG/MF: Insufficient brute-force protection | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-307 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PaperCut
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T06:58:00.359Z
Reserved: 2026-05-17T23:10:16.657Z
Link: CVE-2026-8793
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