CVE-2026-23848 describes a rate limiting bypass vulnerability in MyTube, a self-hosted video downloader and player, affecting versions prior to 1.7.71. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this by spoofing the X-Forwarded-For header, allowing them to bypass IP-based rate limiting on general API endpoints. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a low attack complexity and can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to unlimited requests. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:franklioxygen:mytube:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
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