---
id: "CVE-2026-22114"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-22114"]
title: "HTTP basic auth has no retry limit, so passwords can be guessed"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["http-basic-auth", "other"]
not_affected_if: ["default-password-changed"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T11:17:33+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T11:29:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T11:31:24+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22114", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T11:29:51+00:00"}]
---

# HTTP basic auth has no retry limit, so passwords can be guessed

HTTP basic authentication accepts unlimited login attempts with no backoff. Combined with a default service password, an attacker can exhaust the small password space by guessing.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T11:29:51+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22114

## From the sources

HTTP basic auth enforces no retry limit or backoff. Combined with the default service password, the keyspace is exhaustible.

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