CVE-2026-13020

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in Portal for ArcGIS

Published Jul 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password exists in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 12.1 and earlier on Windows, Linux and Kubernetes. A remote, unauthorized attacker may assume ownership of a user’s account by manipulating this mechanism. ArcGIS Administrators should configure an email server with ArcGIS Enterprise to facilitate user self-service password recovery. The ability for an administrator to reset a user’s password remains unchanged.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Esri
Esri portal For Arcgis
Vendors & Products Esri
Esri portal For Arcgis
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description A Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password exists in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 12.1 and earlier on Windows, Linux and Kubernetes. A remote, unauthorized attacker may assume ownership of a user’s account by manipulating this mechanism. ArcGIS Administrators should configure an email server with ArcGIS Enterprise to facilitate user self-service password recovery. The ability for an administrator to reset a user’s password remains unchanged.
Title Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in Portal for ArcGIS
Weaknesses CWE-640
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Esri
Published
Updated
Jul 8, 2026, 3:56 AM
Reserved
Jun 23, 2026, 4:51 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 7, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 8:10 PM