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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2025-67091

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An issue in GL Inet GL.Inet AX1800 Version 4.6.4 & 4.6.8 are vulnerable. GL.Inet AX1800 Version 4.6.4 & 4.6.8 in the GL.iNet custom opkg wrapper script located at /usr/libexec/opkg-call. The script is executed with root privileges when triggered via the LuCI web interface or authenticated API calls to manage packages. The vulnerable code uses shell redirection to create a lock file in the world-writable /tmp directory.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published