Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18362 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18362 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18362?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.9, published 30 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- DFIR-IRIS IRIS-Web 2.4.26.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18362?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-18362 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18362?
- Check whether you run DFIR-IRIS IRIS-Web at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The IRIS web application (iris-web) version 2.4.26 is vulnerable to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts (CWE-770). The application lacks rate limiting or account lockout mechanisms on its authentication endpoint. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can perform automated brute-force or dictionary attacks against user accounts. A successful attack results in unauthorized access to the application, potentially compromising sensitive forensic data. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-18362.
Affected products
- dfir-iris iris-web 2.4.26
Timeline
- 2026-07-30: advisory
- 2026-07-30: disclosed