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CVE-2026-40606Disclosure(mitmproxy / mitmproxy)

LOWCVSS 4.8 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

mitmproxy is a interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers and mitmweb is a web-based interface for mitmproxy. In mitmproxy 12.2.1 and below, the builtin LDAP proxy authentication does not correctly sanitize the username when querying the LDAP server. This allows a malicious client to bypass authentication. Only mitmproxy instances using the proxyauth option with LDAP are affected. This option is not enabled by default. The vulnerability has been fixed in mitmproxy 12.2.2 and above.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-90

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • mitmproxy

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
mitmproxy
Products
mitmproxy

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-04-21: 204-21
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-40606 mitmproxy is a interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers and mitmweb is a web-based interface for mitmproxy. In … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40606 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-40606 mit… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE-2026-40606 related to mitmproxy, shares a link to its CVE record, but offers no further technical, exploit, or patch details.

    0000041
    72 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    General

    CVE-2026-40606 mitmproxy is a interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers and mitmweb is a web-based interface for mitmproxy. In … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40606

    Post summary

    The snippet merely references a CVE and a link to the CVE record without providing additional context or technical details.

    00000154
    57.2K followersView on X
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