Description
Affected versions of MISP use Redis to throttle repeated authentication-failure log entries. The intent is to avoid excessive duplicate logs while still recording failed authentication activity.


However, User->setupRedis() returns false when Redis cannot be reached. The vulnerable _shouldLog() logic only returned true when a Redis instance existed and no throttle key was present. Therefore, when Redis was unavailable, the function did not allow the log write at all, effectively silencing authentication-failure logging for the duration of the outage.

Version affected: ≤2.5.45
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Vendor Solution

The _shouldLog() method now explicitly checks whether the Redis connection is available before attempting to use it. If setupRedis() returns false, the method immediately returns true, causing every authentication-failure event to be logged. This converts the previous fail-closed behavior (silence on dependency failure) into a fail-open behavior for security logging (log everything when the throttle state is unavailable), ensuring that a Redis outage cannot be used to suppress the audit trail of failed authentication attempts.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description Affected versions of MISP use Redis to throttle repeated authentication-failure log entries. The intent is to avoid excessive duplicate logs while still recording failed authentication activity. However, User->setupRedis() returns false when Redis cannot be reached. The vulnerable _shouldLog() logic only returned true when a Redis instance existed and no throttle key was present. Therefore, when Redis was unavailable, the function did not allow the log write at all, effectively silencing authentication-failure logging for the duration of the outage. Version affected: ≤2.5.45
Title MISP: Authentication failure logging suppressed during Redis unavailability
Weaknesses CWE-778
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CIRCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T11:24:21.354Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:24:19.778Z

Link: CVE-2026-92002

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