Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg

CVE-2026-56022Webmin MFA bypass

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Webmin from Webmin. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Webmin accepts basic authentication without session cookies when an attacker provides the 'User-Agent: webmin' header, allowing bypass of additional MFA requirements. Fixed in 2.640.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Webmin Webmin 0 – before 2.640

Weakness: CWE-308 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

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