CVE-2026-49467: TOTP enrollment hijack: password gate skipped due to unawaited promise
smp46 · pingvin-share-x
Affected: smp46 pingvin-share-x · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. A vulnerability in versions 1.5.0 through 1.18.0 allow an attacker to bypass password verification when managing Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) settings. The root cause is a missing `await` keyword on calls to the asynchronous `verifyPassword` method in `authTotp.service.ts` and the `authenticateUser` method in `auth.service.ts`. In JavaScript, an unawaited `Promise` is always truthy. So the logic intended to throw a `ForbiddenException` when a password is incorrect. It never executes because the expression evaluates the existence of the `Promise` object rather than its resolved boolean result. The vulnerability is fixed in version 1.18.1 by ensuring all asynchronous authentication calls are properly awaited. There are no official workarounds. If a user is locked out, an administrator must manually reset the user's TOTP status in the database.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- smp46 · pingvin-share-x>= 1.5.0, < 1.18.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- smp46
- Published
- August 2026
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