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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-79989

Arbitrary user password reset leading to administrator account takeover

Description

The vulnerability allows any authenticated user to change their own password without providing the current password or having an active elevated session. It also allows the attacker to change other users’ passwords if the attacker’s account has Edit users permission (which doesn’t allow changing others’ passwords) and lacks Administrate users permission (which is required to change others’ passwords).

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

craftcms cms

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.0.0-RC1 to < 5.10.8affected

References