diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 141f2e8..ace4423 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.0
+1.15.1
diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 86c728f..d2a6498 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## v1.15.1
+
+Zenos yae Galvus: Echo 1
+
+Fixes a recurrence of [CVE-2025-24369](https://github.com/Xe/x/security/advisories/GHSA-56w8-8ppj-2p4f)
+due to an incorrect logic change in a refactor. This allows an attacker to mint a valid
+access token by passing any SHA-256 hash instead of one that matches the proof-of-work
+test.
+
+This case has been added as a regression test. It was not when CVE-2025-24369 was released
+due to the project not having the maturity required to enable this kind of regression testing.
+
 ## v1.15.0
 
 Zenos yae Galvus
diff --git a/lib/anubis.go b/lib/anubis.go
index 83e04dd..026f912 100644
--- a/lib/anubis.go
+++ b/lib/anubis.go
@@ -145,14 +145,13 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Server, error) {
 }
 
 type Server struct {
-	mux                 *http.ServeMux
-	next                http.Handler
-	priv                ed25519.PrivateKey
-	pub                 ed25519.PublicKey
-	policy              *policy.ParsedConfig
-	opts                Options
-	DNSBLCache          *decaymap.Impl[string, dnsbl.DroneBLResponse]
-	ChallengeDifficulty int
+	mux        *http.ServeMux
+	next       http.Handler
+	priv       ed25519.PrivateKey
+	pub        ed25519.PublicKey
+	policy     *policy.ParsedConfig
+	opts       Options
+	DNSBLCache *decaymap.Impl[string, dnsbl.DroneBLResponse]
 }
 
 func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -428,9 +427,9 @@ func (s *Server) PassChallenge(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// compare the leading zeroes
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(response, strings.Repeat("0", s.ChallengeDifficulty)) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(response, strings.Repeat("0", rule.Challenge.Difficulty)) {
 		s.ClearCookie(w)
-		lg.Debug("difficulty check failed", "response", response, "difficulty", s.ChallengeDifficulty)
+		lg.Debug("difficulty check failed", "response", response, "difficulty", rule.Challenge.Difficulty)
 		templ.Handler(web.Base("Oh noes!", web.ErrorPage("invalid response")), templ.WithStatus(http.StatusForbidden)).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		failedValidations.Inc()
 		return