OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.7, a logic flaw in the OPNsense lockout_handler allows an unauthenticated attacker to continuously reset the authentication failure counter for their IP address. By interjecting a crafted username containing a success keyword ("Accepted" or "Successful login") between normal brute-force attempts, an attacker can prevent the failure counter from ever reaching the lockout threshold. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.1.7.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/security/advisories/GHSA-h3vx-4q27-rc42 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.5 · opnsenseNVD modified 2026-10-26 14:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:opnsense:opnsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/security/advisories/GHSA-h3vx-4q27-rc42 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/sopex/b9786e72e2a5d9b1bbd81ed8477c351b Exploit