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CVE-2022-3993: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in kareadita/kavita

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-307

Description

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository kareadita/kavita prior to 0.6.0.3.

Affected products

• Kareadita Kavita: before 0.6.0.3 — fixed in 0.6.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kareadita Kavita 0.6.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/kareadita/kavita/commit/f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/bebd0cd6-18ec-469c-b6ca-19ffa9db0699
• https://github.com/kareadita/kavita/commit/f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/bebd0cd6-18ec-469c-b6ca-19ffa9db0699

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