http authentication broken

Linux m2 5.8.5-arch1-1 #1 (closed) SMP PREEMPT Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:53:02 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

VLC media player 3.0.11.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.11.1-0-g52483f3c)

Starting an HTTP stream to port 8080 works, but attempting to login using the password, set either in Interfaces -> Main Interfaces -> Lua -> Password or from cli with --http-password, results in an endless login loop, i.e. I put in the password and it just prompts me again (user left blank, although it doesn't seem to matter).

Even with verbose output server-side and client-side, it doesn't seem to register anything when submitting the password. However, when clicking cancel, it does show a 401 authentication failure in the client-side logs. This is the same when using both a vlc linux desktop client and an Android client (so, it's probably a server-side problem?).

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