Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessPhish or AitM-proxy victim login
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DeliveryCapture password and live TOTP code
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ExploitReplay same TOTP within time step
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ExecutionBypass single-use 2FA check
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PersistEstablish authenticated session
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ImpactTake over account
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Replay attack prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to obtain the victim's password AND a valid TOTP code for the same account concurrently (e.g., via phishing, a reverse-proxy AitM kit, or interception), then replay that code within its single valid TOTP time step (~30 seconds) before it naturally expires. The vulnerability only affects accounts that have TOTP two-factor authentication enabled on Misskey instances running a version prior to 2026.6.0. Limiting factors: the attacker cannot succeed with credentials alone or a code alone - both must be captured together and used within the short window (CVSS AC:H, AT:P, UI:A), making this suited to targeted or real-time AitM attacks rather than broad automated exploitation; accounts not using TOTP, or instances already on 2026.6.0, are not exploitable via this flaw. |
| Impact | The vendor CVSS 4.0 base score is 7.4 (High) with vector AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N, and the signals are internally consistent with a real but conditional threat. Network reachability (AV:N) and no required attacker privileges (PR:N) raise exposure, but High attack complexity (AC:H), a Present attack requirement (AT:P), and Active user interaction (UI:A) all reflect that success depends on the attacker first obtaining both the victim's credentials and a live TOTP code in the same short window - a meaningful barrier that pushes this toward opportunistic/targeted use rather than mass exploitation. Impact is credible: high confidentiality and integrity (VC:H/VI:H) with no availability impact (VA:N), consistent with account takeover. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the intelligence, so exploitation-probability data is missing rather than low - the score reflects a real 2FA weakening, not a high-CVSS-but-trivial issue, but the replay-only nature and the requirement to already hold the password materially cap real-world urgency compared to a pre-auth RCE. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has phished or intercepted a Misskey user's username, password, and the TOTP code they just entered (for example via a man-in-the-middle proxy or a malicious login page) replays that same still-valid 6-digit code against the login endpoint before the ~30-second time step expires. Because the code was not invalidated on first use, the second authentication succeeds and the attacker gains an authenticated session, enabling account takeover. No public POC was provided, and the High attack complexity reflects the need to capture both factors concurrently. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 10, 2026
Authentication replay in Misskey before 2026.6.0 lets an attacker reuse a valid TOTP code that should be single-use, because UserAuthService fails to invalidate a code after its first successful use within the same time step. An adversary who concurrently captures a victim's password and one TOTP value can replay that code to authenticate, enabling unauthorized actions up to account takeover. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the vendor fixed the flaw in release 2026.6.0.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Misskey 2026.6.0, which enforces single-use TOTP validation in UserAuthService; the fix corresponds to commits 00c6210a591db2b0be438740d05b82070fa68ac6 and d323fe00d04ac46ab0b4e66fce9169effaa8dfb7. Consult the advisory at https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/security/advisories/GHSA-2m5x-5mp6-6vpq and deploy from https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/releases/tag/2026.6.0. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce the concurrent-capture window by encouraging or enforcing credential resets and, where supported, prefer FIDO2/WebAuthn passkeys over TOTP for privileged accounts since replay does not apply to challenge-response hardware factors; also monitor authentication logs for repeated use of the same OTP value or multiple logins from one code as a detection compensating control. These controls narrow but do not eliminate the replay window, so patching remains the definitive fix.
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Misskey is an open-source, ActivePub-federated social media platform (fediverse) written primarily in TypeScript/Node.js. The flaw sits in its second-factor authentication path (UserAuthService), which validates Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTP, RFC 6238). Correct TOTP implementations must mark a code as consumed after a successful verification so it cannot be accepted again during the ~30-second window in which it remains cryptographically valid. Here that used-token tracking is insufficient, so the same 6-digit code passes verification more than once. This maps to CWE-294 (Authentication Bypass by Capture-Replay): the security property being violated is single-use enforcement, not the OTP cryptography itself. The affected component is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:misskey-dev:misskey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covering all versions prior to the patched 2026.6.0.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network replay against the login endpoint (AV:N, PR:N) but success requires concurrently capturing password and a live TOTP within one time step (AC:H) and relies on the victim's active authentication (UI:R); takeover yields C:H/I:H, no availability impact.
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, Misskey contains a vulnerability in Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) authentication in UserAuthService where insufficient validation of used tokens allows the reuse of a single-use code within its valid time step. If both credentials and a TOTP code are obtained concurrently, an attacker may reuse the code to perform unauthorized actions, potentially leading to account takeover. This issue is fixed in version 2026.6.0.
Executive ViewAI
Misskey's authentication service fails to invalidate TOTP codes after first use, allowing attackers who capture a user's password and one authentication code to replay that code for account access-a complete authentication bypass. Organizations running Misskey face immediate risk of account compromise and unauthorized access to platform data and functionality if the vulnerability is exploited.
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