Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication Affecting motioneye package, versions [,0.44.0)
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- published29 Jun 2026
- disclosed22 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 22 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-46488 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade motioneye to version 0.44.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication via the improper validation of authentication cookies. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to arbitrary user accounts by setting or modifying the meye_password_hash and meye_username cookies with known values. This is only exploitable if the attacker knows or can obtain valid username and password hash pairs, such as by reading the globally readable /etc/motioneye/motion.conf file on the local system.