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CVE-2026-71244: Paperless-ngx - Mail Account Test Connection Leaks Stored IMAP/OAuth Credentials to Attacker-Controlled Host
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: none known
- Published: 2026-08-05 · updated 2026-08-26
- Weakness: CWE-918
Description
Paperless-ngx's MailAccountViewSet.test action, when called with an existing account's ID and a masked password field, reuses the stored password, account_type, refresh_token, and expiration from that existing account while allowing the caller to supply a different imap_server, imap_port, and imap_security in the same request.
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