Course-tencent-cloud through 2.0.1 contains an improper restriction of authentication attempts vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to brute force 6-digit SMS/email verification codes, which are never invalidated or attempt-limited. Attackers who know a victim's phone or email can trigger a code and rotate source IPs against the password reset and verify login endpoints to take over accounts.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.1NVD modified 2026-10-19 14:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://github.com/xiaochong0302/course-tencent-cloud/blob/v2.0.1/app/Services/Logic/Account/PasswordReset.php
- https://github.com/xiaochong0302/course-tencent-cloud/blob/v2.0.1/app/Services/Verify.php#L27-L73
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ctc-verify-code-brute-force-account-takeover
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/course-tencent-cloud-through-2.0.1-verification-code-brute-force-account-takeover
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ctc-verify-code-brute-force-account-takeover