CVE-2026-6553

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005

Configurations

No configuration.

History

21 Apr 2026, 10:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-21 10:16

Updated : 2026-04-21 16:20

NVD link : CVE-2026-6553

Mitre link : CVE-2026-6553

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-6553

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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