CVE-2026-8793: medium-severity vulnerability in PaperCut NG/MF
PaperCut NG/MF: Insufficient brute-force protection
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33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 6.9epss 0.7%
from disclosure to weapon12 days
Published on NVDAug 3
1st PoC+12d
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
PaperCut · PaperCut NG/MFpublic PoCs found — 1
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