CVE-2026-90562Disclosure

LOWCVSS 9.2 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 3 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

LangBot before 4.10.11 generates password recovery keys with only 24 bits of entropy and applies no rate limiting to the unauthenticated reset-password endpoint. Remote attackers knowing the administrator email can exhaust the keyspace through concurrent requests to reset the admin password and gain account access.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-331

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 5 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 4 signals
  • Technical details provided in 5 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • False Positive: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked at 3 mentions on most recent observed day (2026-09-14)
  • 5 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline5 mentions / 2d
01223Mentions · 2026-09-13: 2Mentions · 2026-09-14: 3Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-13: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-14: 2Technical Details · 2026-09-13: 2Technical Details · 2026-09-14: 309-1309-14
Signal classification3 categories
Disclosure
240.0%
Patch
240.0%
False Positive
120.0%
Referenced assets4 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-09-132
Disclosure1Patch1
2026-09-143
Disclosure1False Positive1Patch1
Full discourse5 posts
  • Ryan Merck@rmerck
    Patch

    A 24-bit recovery key with no rate limit is a password reset you can brute-force from a laptop. LangBot CVE-2026-90562 needs only the admin email. If that control plane is reachable, patch before someone walks the keyspace. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90562

    Post summary

    The post describes CVE-2026-90562 as a brute-forceable password reset due to a 24-bit recovery key with no rate limit, and urges patching before exploitation.

    0001070
    46 followersView on X
  • Slade 🛡️ LLM Hacker@llm_redteam
    False Positive

    CVE-2026-90562 isn't a prompt injection zero-day. it's a password reset bug straight out of the OWASP Top 10 circa 2005, wearing an "agentic AI" badge. LangBot orchestrates LLM agents across Discord, Telegram, Slack bridges. the CVE lets an attacker hit the password reset endpoint and walk straight to admin, no re-auth check on privilege escalation. THE BUG: > reset token not bound to session state > no rate limit on the endpoint > admin scope granted before identity is re-verified this is the same bug class Bugzilla and phpBB patched two decades ago. nothing about "agentic" changed the vulnerability, it changed the blast radius. admin on LangBot means control of every agent session the bot ran, tool access included. one panel takeover, every downstream agent inherits it silently. same supply chain risk I keep flagging with unaudited SKILL.md-style configs loaded with full tool access every session. THE FIX: > bind reset tokens to session state > rate-limit the reset endpoint > force re-auth before any privilege escalation check your LangBot version in prod before assuming this is someone else's dependency. #LangBot #AgenticAI #AppSec

    Post summary

    The text addresses CVE-2026-90562, debunking its characterization as a prompt injection zero-day and reframing it as a conventional password reset/privilege escalation bug, while providing technical details and remediation guidance.

    10000317
    1.3K followersView on X
  • Cybersecurity News DE@cybsecuritynews
    Disclosure

    #schwachstellen CVE-2026-90562: Kritische Schwachstelle in LangBot erlaubt Admin-Übernahme per Passwort-Reset #cve202690562 #langbot https://cybersecurity-news.de/cve-2026-90562-langbot-passwort-reset-admin-uebernahme

    Post summary

    The tweet reports that CVE‑2026‑90562 is a critical LangBot vulnerability enabling admin takeover via a password‑reset flaw, without providing PoC, exploit code, or patch information.

    0000042
    12 followersView on X
  • ADK Cyber@ADKCyber
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-90562 (CVSS 9.2): LangBot <4.10.11 uses weak password recovery keys and lacks rate limiting on the reset endpoint. Check and patch if in use: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026… via NVD Recent High CVSS #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Vulnerability #AI #MachineLearning https://t.co/6lEiez8IDK

    Post summary

    The text announces the technical details and high severity of CVE-2026-90562 in LangBot, highlighting weak password recovery keys and lack of rate limiting, while prompting administrators to check and patch their instances.

    0000046
    95 followersView on X
  • Severity Daily@severitydaily
    Patch

    Upgrading LangBot to 4.10.11 does not replace the 24-bit recovery key it was released to fix https://severitydaily.com/langbot-cve-2026-90562-recovery-key-24-bit-upgrade-does-not-rotate-4-10-11/

    Post summary

    The tweet states that upgrading LangBot to version 4.10.11 does not replace the 24-bit recovery key the update was meant to fix, indicating the patch does not fully address the issue.

    0000034
    24 followersView on X

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