Description
PasswordPusher before 2.11.1 contains a time-of-check-to-time-of-use race condition in view limit enforcement that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass expire_after_views limits. Attackers can send concurrent requests to the show endpoint to access one-time secrets multiple times before the view count is incremented and the push expires.
Published: 2026-09-09
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

PasswordPusher versions prior to 2.11.1 contain a time‑of‑check to time‑of‑use race condition in the enforcement of the view limit that controls how many times a one‑time secret can be retrieved. An unauthenticated attacker can send multiple concurrent requests to the show endpoint, causing the system to return the secret more than once before the view counter is incremented and the secret is marked expired. This flaw directly undermines the confidentiality guarantees of the application, allowing repeated access to data that should be destroyed after a single view.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects the PasswordPusher application released by pglombardo. All installations running any version older than 2.11.1 are susceptible; version 2.11.1 and later contain the fix.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.7 classifies this as a high severity flaw. While no EPSS score is available, the lack of a KEV listing does not indicate low risk; the vector requires only unauthenticated network access to the show endpoint and can be triggered by sending concurrent requests. The simplicity of the required payload and the immediate confidentiality impact mean that the risk remains significant if the affected application is exposed to the internet.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:50 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade PasswordPusher to version 2.11.1 or later to apply the race condition fix.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, disable or remove the expire_after_views feature so that secrets are accessible only once, or set it to a minimal count.
  • Implement request throttling or rate limiting on the show endpoint to constrain the number of simultaneous requests that can be processed, limiting the window for exploitation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:50 UTC.

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History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description PasswordPusher before 2.11.1 contains a time-of-check-to-time-of-use race condition in view limit enforcement that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass expire_after_views limits. Attackers can send concurrent requests to the show endpoint to access one-time secrets multiple times before the view count is incremented and the push expires.
Title PasswordPusher before 2.11.1 Race Condition View Limit Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-362
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T12:17:44.294Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T10:32:34.109Z

Link: CVE-2026-87816

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T12:17:40.733Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T12:17:16.683

Modified: 2026-09-09T13:20:44.937

Link: CVE-2026-87816

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T13:00:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-362

    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')