CVE-2026-6816: TFA Basic Plugins - Access Bypass

Severity: low (CVSS 3.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-07-21
Weakness: CWE-267

Description

An access bypass vulnerability in Drupal TFA Basic Plugins allows users with the administer users permission to view or generate recovery codes for other users. This issue affects TFA Basic Plugins: from 7.x-1.0 through 7.x-1.2.

Affected products

Drupal TFA Basic Plugins: from 7.x-1.0 before 7.x-1.3 — fixed in 7.x-1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal TFA Basic Plugins 7.x-1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://d7es.tag1.com/security-advisories/tfa-basic-plugins-less-critical-access-bypass-sa-contrib-2025-085
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2026-6816
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2026-6816?nes-for-drupal-7

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