Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.2, lemur.users.service.update assigned a replacement password directly to users.password, while lemur/users/models.py registered User.hash_password only for the before_insert event. Because no before_update listener ran, administrator-initiated password changes through PUT /api/1/users/ were committed as plaintext. The affected user could no longer authenticate normally because bcrypt verification received an unhashed value. A database, backup, replica, query-log, or administrative read compromise exposed immediately usable credentials without offline cracking. The fix registers hashing for before_update and avoids rehashing values that already have a bcrypt prefix. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.2.
CVE-2026-55164
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 85% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.9
- EG Score
- 4.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity49% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 14%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 25, 2026
Last Modified
August 18, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026Plaintext password storage in Lemur user-update path · Advisory · Netflix/lemur · GitHub
https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-q437-g7fv-2jvvv1.9.2
Patch available: Netflix/lemur v1.9.2
https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/releases/tag/v1.9.2commit 221c6d7275ac (Netflix/lemur)
Patch available: Netflix/lemur v1.9.2 (contains commit 221c6d7275ac)
https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/221c6d7275ac667bb8898ab48d2b96926a89c1c4Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55164(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| lemur | 0.11.0 ... 1.9.1 (19 versions) | 1.9.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 08:40 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-20 07:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-31 02:48 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-25 22:46 UTCEG score recompute
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