CVE-2026-42452
Published: 08 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-42452 is a high-severity Missing Critical Step in Authentication (CWE-304) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 1.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
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Ensures the authentication process is followed for non-organizational users, avoiding missing critical steps.
NVD Description
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. Prior to version 2.1.0, /users/login issues a temporary JWT (temp_token) for TOTP-enabled accounts. That token carries a pendingTOTP state and should only be valid for…
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the second-factor flow. However, the auth middleware accepts this token on regular authenticated endpoints. This effectively turns 2FA into single-factor (password) for impacted accounts. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.
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