CVE-2026-34531CWE-287

Flask-HTTPAuth invokes token verification callback when missing or empty token was given by client

Medium · published April 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Flask-HTTPAuth provides Basic, Digest and Token HTTP authentication for Flask routes. Prior to version 4.8.1, in a situation where the client makes a request to a token protected resource without passing a token, or passing an empty token, Flask-HTTPAuth would invoke the application's token verification callback function with the token argument set to an empty string. If the application had any users in its database with an empty string set as their token, then it could potentially authenticate the client request against any of those users. This issue has been patched in version 4.8.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00479 · 40.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2026-04-01T20:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 APR 20:44Z
    Flask-HTTPAuth invokes token verification callback when missing or empty token was given by client
    cvelistv5