CVE-2026-8285 OTP Bypass in Universal Sotware's FlexCity
Attackers can bypass OTP authentication in FlexCity due to lack of rate limiting, potentially taking over user 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-2026-8285?
CVE-2026-8285 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Universal Software Inc. FlexCity, published on 21 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in Universal Software Inc. FlexCity allows Excessive Allocation.
This issue affects FlexCity: from 5.536.0 before 5.542.0.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8285?
How do I fix CVE-2026-8285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-8285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m9cr-mcrx-m4w3.