CVE-2026-40177Password bypass when 2FA is activated

9.3CriticalCVSS base score
0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
NonePublic exploitsnone known yet

Description

ajenti.plugin.core defines all necessary core elements to allow Ajenti to run properly. Prior to 0.112, if the 2FA was activated, it was possible to bypass the password authentication This vulnerability is fixed in 0.112.

Timeline

2026
9 Apr 2026
9 Apr 2026
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
10 Apr 20261 day later
10 Apr 2026· 1 day later
Published
14 Apr 20264 days later
14 Apr 2026· 4 days later
Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-40177, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
GitHub_MCNA (assigner)	4.0	Critical9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
NVDNVD · Analyzed	4.0	Critical9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.

Affected products

ajenti · ajenti
- affected < 0.112

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

PyPIajenti.plugin.coreGHSA-3mcx-6wxm-qr8v (opens in a new tab)

References1

https://github.com/ajenti/ajenti/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcx-6wxm-qr8v (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 14 Apr 2026, 13:26 UTC.