CVE-2026-44986

Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to 2.14.5, Penpot exposed teams_invitations.clj invitation tokens from create-team-invitations, embedded an existing profile id in auth.clj prepare-register-profile, and had auth.clj register-profile issue a session based on the invitation email match without password verification, allowing a registered user to take over any non-blocked profile. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.5.

CVSS v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/commit/9e681260ccc4feb6c564ff0773fb9594b462c574
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/9380
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/releases/tag/2.14.5
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/security/advisories/GHSA-4937-35vc-hqjj
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/security/advisories/GHSA-4937-35vc-hqjj

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Jul 2026, 16:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-15 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-15 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2026-44986

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44986

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44986

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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