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CVE-2026-46488

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 0.27% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-15 · Last synced 2026-09-17

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motionEye versions prior to 0.44.0 are vulnerable due to improper handling of client-controlled authentication cookies, allowing unauthenticated attackers to impersonate legitimate users if they know the target's username and password hash. This critical vulnerability can lead to severe impacts, including account lockout, unauthorized password changes, and potential data exfiltration or destruction. Organizations using motionEye for video surveillance should prioritize upgrading to version 0.44.0 to mitigate these risks.

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CVE
CVE-2026-46488
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
0.27%

Original NVD Description

motionEye (mEye) is an online interface for a piece of software called "motion," which is a video surveillance program with motion detection. Prior to 0.44.0, motionEye accepts the client-controlled meye_username and meye_password_hash cookies as authentication material without server-side session validation. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a target username and corresponding hash can set the cookies manually or cause them to be loaded by submitting blank credentials through the switch-user authentication flow, after which the server authenticates the attacker as that user. The administrator username and password-hash value are stored in /etc/motioneye/motion.conf, which is globally readable by default, allowing a local shell user to obtain reusable administrator credential material. Successful impersonation can enable account lockout, password changes and persistence, data enumeration, data destruction, and data exfiltration. This issue is fixed in version 0.44.0.