MFA weakening via reusable short TOTP secrets
Published Mar 22, 2026 · Updated Mar 22, 2026
Weak TOTP secret management in Alinto SOGo before 5.12.5 allows remote authenticated users to undermine MFA protection. The totpKey path derives a 12-character secret from userPrivateSalt and reuses it after TOTP is disabled and re-enabled instead of storing a new 20-character secret. Exploitation requires control of an account permitted to change TOTP settings and user interaction; the bounded consequence is reduced protection against credential compromise.
Summary
What happened
Weak TOTP secret management in Alinto SOGo before 5.12.5 allows remote authenticated users to undermine MFA protection. The totpKey path derives a 12-character secret from userPrivateSalt and reuses it after TOTP is disabled and re-enabled instead of storing a new 20-character secret. Exploitation requires control of an account permitted to change TOTP settings and user interaction; the bounded consequence is reduced protection against credential compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33550
- Published
- Mar 22, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 22, 2026
- Vendor
- Alinto
- Product
- SOGo
- Classifications
- CWE-308, T1556.006
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.12.5
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