Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.

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Description Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.
Title Pingvin Share X: TOTP Authentication Bypass via Password-only Login
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-697
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-12T17:40:28.894Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T15:13:47.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-44196

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T18:17:29.730

Modified: 2026-05-12T18:17:29.730

Link: CVE-2026-44196

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Updated: 2026-05-12T19:45:15Z

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