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CVE-2026-79989: Arbitrary user password reset leading to administrator account takeover

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-02 · updated 2026-09-09
• Weakness: CWE-285

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

• craftcms cms: from 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.8 — fixed in 5.10.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: craftcms cms 5.10.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8x7-9vfw-p7vc
• https://github.com/craftcms/cms
• https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.10.8
• https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-ZDSZJH

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