Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-111883Locust through 2.46.7 CSRF via Web UI /stop and /stats/reset
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in locust from locustio. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Locust through 2.46.7 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows remote attackers to stop load tests or reset statistics via GET requests to /stop and /stats/reset. Attackers can lure an operator to a malicious page triggering cross-site GET requests, terminating running swarms and wiping recorded performance results.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://github.com/locustio/locust/issues/3566 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/locustio/locust/commit/3a1d0caa5bde59494ede55f513fcb4becbf406a0 patch
- https://github.com/locustio/locust/blob/2.46.7/locust/web.py technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: Locust through 2.46.7 CSRF via Web UI /stop and /stats/reset third-party-advisory