CVE-2026-44196

CRITICAL

Pingvin Share X: TOTP Authentication Bypass via Password-only Login

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 21.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-697
Status published
Products (1)
smp46/pingvin-share-x >= 1.14.1, < 1.16.3
Published May 12, 2026
Tracked Since May 13, 2026