CVE-2026-111679 Ekko Studio through 0.7.36 Missing Authorization via /api/auth/locked-ips
Authenticated non-admin users can bypass login rate limits and clear lockouts, facilitating brute-force attacks against super_admin accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111679?
CVE-2026-111679 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in EKKOLearnAI ekko-studio, published on 16 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Ekko Studio through 0.7.36 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated non-super_admin user to list and clear server-wide login lockouts via /api/auth/locked-ips. Attackers can send DELETE requests without an ip parameter to invoke unlockAll(), disabling the login rate limiter during password guessing against super_admin accounts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111679?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111679?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-111679 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111679 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rc9w-795f-h5qm.