Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Sorcery

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.016, the 75th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 7 May 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-jc8m-cxhj-668x
• OSV: GHSA-jc8m-cxhj-668x
• github.com/Sorcery/sorcery/security/advisories/GHSA-jc8m-cxhj-668x
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11052
• github.com/Sorcery/sorcery/issues/231
• github.com/Sorcery/sorcery/pull/235
• github.com/Sorcery/sorcery/commit/0f116d223826895a73b12492f17486e5d54ab7a7
• github.com/Sorcery/sorcery
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sorcery/CVE-2020-11052.yml

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